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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24

HE who can heroieaIIy endure adver-
sity will bear prosperity with equal
greatness of soul.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24
Cholera at Mecca.

The Labor Congress at Pittsburg passed reso
lutions condemning Chinese immigration.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24
Commercial Agents.

1t is estimated that there are 24O, 900
commercial travellers in the United
States. Each is supposed to go over his
route five times year, and to carry dur
ing that time a ton of baggage. This
baggage being generally bulky, it would
require "a, 900 ten-ton cars to transport
the trunks and outfits of these mobilized
gentlemen. The commercial traveller is.
therefore, factor in the transportation
problem as well as the strictly COM
mercial transactions of the country.
Glucose is used for sizing paper and
for making printers rollers.
A CROOKED stick will throw crooked
shadn1p
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24

A covEToUs man does nothing that he
should till he dies.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24

Tnz undertaking business is dead
certainty.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24

News from Constautinople states that 500
persons are dying daily in Mecca from cholera.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24


Two hundred and ffty-eight more exiled
Russian Jews arrived in this country the past
vreel
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24

A CROOKED stick will throw crooked
shadow.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-11-24

As the trial of Guiteau progresses he be
comes more and more disorderly. Such
thing as making him remain quiet seems ut
terly impossible, and the result of the matter
ls he In creating still bitterer feeling against
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
Journal.
THE EPHRATA MEETING.
Dio Republican Barty hut der Wolfe ON
SW8utZ.

"Dio Republican Barty nut der Wolfe om
SwautZ.
The Republicans had meeting in
Ephrata on Saturday. That is they tried
to have. They did not have it. There
was nobody there except tho candidate,
Gen. Baily, the eloquent orators and
abont - people. There was too much
oratory for the audience Or too little au-
dience for the orators. You can put it
either way. In this year of grace 1881
it reads the same way backwards Or for
register; w. X. Seltzer, late third
ser ani J. A. Stober, ex-rabbit law
legislator and candidate for Legislature,
were there. They sent the band up and
they did not come. When tho meeting
opened. besides the orators, and few
curious Democrats, there were not twenty
persons present. NJ. Brosius, ESQ.,, made
speech an hour long and nearly as wide.
Mr.. Brosius scared into Aristotle and
sounded the depth of plantation philosophy,
"he soaked with old Socrates, tipped with
Erupidies and cantered with Cantharides."
But the people did not understand him.
Mr.. Baily, Republican candidate for state
treasurer, made short and more telling
speech. This is what he said, uerbat,m ::
''Fellow Citizens am glad to meet you.
But can't make speech. don't intend
to make speech. never did make a
speech and never will make speech.
They say the bosses nominated me for
state treasurer. Now if you want to see me
I'll see you alone, and explain all about
this and will be glad to shake hands with
you."
An itinerant political preacher named
Van Note pronounced the benediction.
In explanation of the failure of the
meeting the local bosses told the eloquent
visitors that it was folly to make meet
ing when the people was husking corn.
So it was But an old inhabitant more
satisfactorily explained tho causes of the
failure when he said I" Die Republican
party hut der Wolf ON swantz." "The
Republican party has the Wolf in tho
tail.'O
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
THE CHURCHES.
rAE sYNODS IN SESSION

Tho Church OF God-The Presbyterian
synOd-Oar Preachers Abroad.
Two of Lancaster's clergy occupied pull
pits in Reading yesterday. Rev. J. 8.
Stair at the First Reformed. and Rev.
Chas. L. Fry at Trinity Lutheran, of
which his father is pastor.
The Presbyterian.
In the Presbyterian synod. in Wilkes.
barre, on Saturday, Rev. DR.. Mitchell mod
Grating, the temperance committee re-
ported strong temperance memorial, re-
joicing in all proper efforts to engraft the
principle of prohibition upon our ltate
and national constitutions, forbidding the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors as beverages. a motion prevailed
to have the resolutions printed and sent
down to the churches.
The reports in reference of the merging
of the synod into the synod Of Pennsyl-
vania, were taken up. In the course of the
debate on this subject Rev. DR.. &. w.
Stewart, of COlerain. this county, said that
the scheme of consolidation Of synOds, as
prepared by the General Assembly, was
perfectly understood not only by the pres
byteries but by the synod, and therefore it
was too late to attempt to overthrow the
action of the General Assembly. Under the
present system the presbyteries are not
properly represented, but by consolidation
and representative delegation, the
church would be better served in every re.
spect. In conclusion he moved that the
minority report be laid upon the table.
This motion caused considerable excite
ment, and after points of order had been
decided, the motion to lay ON the table was
voted down. At o'clock p. m, the synod
adjourned until Monday, when the discus
sion upon the subject of the new synod
was continued.
East Pennsylvania Eldership of tho Church
Met in Mechanicsburg, Oct. 20, 1881, at
9o'clock a. m. D. A. l.. Laverty con-
Quoted the devotional services, after which
the eldership was constituted by Elder C.
Price, the retiring speaker, and D. s.
Shoop stated clerk. 7. NJ. Carvel was
elected speaker, S. Knisley treasurer,
F. L. Nicodemus transcribing clerk, and
]. Hafleish financial clerk. Balloting
for new standing committee, resulted in
the choice of Elders G. H. Forney, C.
Price and g. Sigler; judiciary committee
consisting of the following: Elders Swartz
Long, Forney. Price, Sigler. Ballot fol
stationing committee resulted as fellows
C. H., Forney, G. Sigler, C. Price, A. H.
Long, D. A. L. Laverty, A. Swartz, G..
w. Seilhamer.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24

and other Southern points and of in
telligent investigation into the resources,
the disposition and the prospects of the
South. The effect of the courtesies
shown to France, Germany and even to
England, cannot fail to be good
abroad and at home. The eloquence
of the occasion will live in type and pos
sibly read better than it sounded, and he
more highly appreciated by coming gen.
erations than the one to which it was
addressed. The Yorktown centennial
may have cost more in money and in the
provocations to bad temper than it came
to, but it was net utterly in vain.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
DIR. Muhlenberx Again.

Prot. Frederic NJ Birds "Hylnn Notes. New
York Independent.
A venerable and honored la1y of Ian.
caster, Pa kindly sends me confirmation
of the story of ~ would not live Away"
as lately given in these Notes, with cor
rection of one item therein. After ex-
pressing surprise that the persons inter-
ested in the matter chad never sought
information from the friends of the par
ties in Lancaster, where the circumstances
were perfectly well-known," she adds
at is not surprising that DR.. NJ. should
lave buried in his own bosom the love
affair, a subject which must have been
painful and most mortifying to him with
out any blame attaching to him). I am
we'll acquainted with all the particulars of
it, as we'll as the circumstance of the writ
ing of the poem. 1t was first written in
the album you allude to, and it was during
the period of his ENHANCEMENT with Miss
-. I read it soon after it was written,
and, admiring it extremely, took a
copy of it from the album. This was in
1924. The stanzas, as written in the al
bum ran in six lines
IL would no, live alway, live alway below "
"The story that Miss - took it to
heart and died in consequence q. e., OF
the rupture of her engagement to Mullen.
berg, not of his writing the poem) is purely
romance. She did die from the effects of
a neglected cold but it was we'll known
that she never so took the matter to heart
as to let it prey upon her feelings.
l speak of what know Of the incidents at
the time"
own to certain regret that SO pretty
a tale should he spoiled. 1t would have
been much more picturesque for Miss -
to die of a broken heart than of q mere
vulgar cold and thus Muhlenberg would
have had so much solder reason for writ
ing the hymn and living and dying a
bachelor. But magma ceritas et. prerale6;t.
We will admit romantic narratives to
these columns only on what seems good
evidence, and whenever the needle of truth
punctures pleasing but inflated tale we
| shall be prompt to admit tho fact and
abandon the fair delusion. My previous
informant was of the male sex. Only fem.
inine acuteness may decide Oh the real
state of lady's heart, whether to day OF
sixty years ago. So, then, II would not
alway" must be placed among Hymns OF
the Willow, whereof some account is given
in this journal six years ago. If the
regrets which called it forth were not of
the loftiest nature ESQ far as their basic in
facts might go), at least they were several
pegs above those from which was born the
grandest of John Wesley's lyrics
"Thou hidden love of God. whose hight.
Whose depth, unfathOmed, no man knows. '
To tho real Christian even being Tilted
NAV become man of grace
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
THE TOBACCO TRADE.


For the We.k ending Saturday, October
-, 10 A. NJ.
United States Tobacco Journal.
Fairly active " is about the term ap-
plicable to our market just now. Buyers
are as plenty as sellers, but the views
differ to such degree that it is difficult
for brokers to bring about transactions.
The most notable of the weeks features
was the sale of some I, 800 cases cOmpris-
ing one packing of go Housatonic, Conn.
The so Connecticut has pushed itself
forward by It's merits. a fact it took the
United States Tobacco JourGa. to recognize
and advocate. when everybody in the
market kept shy of this crop and be
slowed careful attention to all others.
While tho total sales Of so Connecticut
for the week ran up to $500 cases,
80 Pennsylvania stands in the shade
with an exhibit of 500 cases only. The
large manufacturers who arc the main
takers of this tobacco are seemingly sup
piled for the present, and the approach Of
the dull season { quite problematic rs it is
yet thought) keeps them away from the
market. There is no doubt that every
particle OF the 80 Pennsylvania crop will
be out of the market before the 81 is fit
to be manipulated holders being cogni-
zant of this, show no anxiety to get rid of
their stocks. Of the other 80 crops little
is in the market there are as yet to be
had several packings of New York state,
but they are either useless or held at too
high figure. The reports as to the 81
crop continue favorable from all quarters
The reported rejection of 1000 cases 80
New York state, sold and noted in these
columns few weeks ago, is forming the
topic of conversation in the market as We
60 to press. This rejection is another and
severe blow to the existing doubtful rcpu-
tation of this crop.
The sales of the week We specify as fol-
lows:
Connecticut-Crop 80: 1850 cases :;
mostly wrappers, at q to 45 cents.
Pennslvania-CrOp' 80: 500 cases fine
running, % cents medium, Is to 1S cents.
Ohio-Crop 80: 800 cases ;S to II
cents.
WisconsiD-Crop so; 175 cases, p. t.
New York State-Crcp 80: go cases
124 to 144 cents.
Havana Market moderately active ;
sales about 700 bales, mostly 80; prices
firm.
Cans Report.
Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by j..
S. Cans Son s. Co.. tobacco brokers, No.
131 Water street, New York, for week
ending Oct. "a, 1881: 1900 cases 1880
New England, wrappers, 1693Sc.; 600
cases 1880 Pennsylvania, 12@21c. $50
cases 1880 state, p. t.; 200 cases 1880
Ohio, 4@12c.; $50 cases 1880 Wisconsin,
4@15c.; total, 8, 40 cases.
York County Tobacco.
Reuben Auble sold to D. r. SaylOr, for
Skiles s. Frey, acres at 1S, 0, 6 and 3 ;
Jas. N. KilgOre and VIM. II. Kilgore, to S.
Channell, for Shindle & Stehma1, Mount
vile, 3 acres at 25, Sand 3.
Wants u Feed.
journal.
Mr.. Aaron Teller, the commission leaf
broker, of Lancaster, who last week re-
covered $110 on a transaction in tobacco
between parties he was instrumental in in
PRODUCING, celebrated the event by spend
ing the spoils in "feed," to which many
of the leading cts were invited. A few
such legal results, with like attendant
events, would be appreciated in this city
and am "leading Cit:
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
SUDDEN DEATH.
A Man Drops Over in 0 Corn Field

Isaac Shaeffer was engaged last Friday
afternoon husking corn for Henry Good,
about one half mile south Of Barevillc,
when he was seen to fall over suddenly by
some of the persons who were working
with him. Upon raising him up they found
that he was dead. An inquest was held
by Deputy Coroner Isaac Hull, and after
an examination of the body by DR.. ]. b.
Kohler, the jury found that his death was
caused by disease of the heart. Mr.. Shaef-
fer was about G5 years old, married and
leaves q wife but no children.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
The Yorktown Celebration.

The foreign and domestic visitors to
Yorktown seem to have scampered away
from the place, after the abridged pro-
gramme of exercises had concluded, as
rapidly as legs and boats would carry
them. \ great many of them, too, are
prone to pronounce Yorktown delusion
and a snare, and its centennial celebra-
tion an abomination and fraud. The
railroad that was to have carried pas
sengers to the place, and for transit over
which thousands of tickets had been
sold in different sections of the country,
is being finished only now that the cele-
bration is over and when nobody of this
or the next generation will ever
want to 60 to Yorktown The
hotel that was to have been built for the
accommodation of guests is yet in pro-
cess of erection /; the centennial commits
sion that was to have managed the
affair, and which got hold Of the gov
ernment appropriation, has not turned
up anywhere the boats that carried
down state officials and troops were so
crowded with anxious deadheads that
they could not transport fresh meat for
the civilians, and the militia men had to
be packed away in the hold like sardincs,
to dream enviously of the croquettes
and champagne which the seasick SEN
ators feasted on-in their minds. Every
body, from the newspaper accounts, went
to Y YorktowD expectant, stayed there in
dignant, and came away disgusted.
Not much else could have been eX-
pected from the senseless undertaking of
holding such a celebration as was pro-
jected in that remote and inaccessible
place, without any resident population
to support it or any efficient and response
ble management to conduct it. Had
the local celebration been by proxy, and
the foreign visitors been taken under
convoy Of an American ship to the his
toric spot. and the real celebration
been held in Richmond or Wash
ingtOn, it would have been a far
greater success, and every good par
pose had in view could have been
served. Indeed, it hardly seems fair
that the whole round Of centennial cele-
brations should have passed without a
visitation of any of them upon WASH
ington, the capital of the country, its
political centre, and rapidly becoming
its most beautiful and attractive city.
However, its time lis approaching when
the long delayed Washington monument
shall be completed and its municipal
centennial comes around.
For all its drawbacks and disadvan-
tages and humbugs, The Yorktown Gee.
bration was not a failure entire.
There was a convocation of the people
from all sections of the country, whose
association with each other and with the |
people of the South, was not unfruitful
of good many of the visitors made their |
trip the occasion of visits to Richmond
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE SHlFELER.
Some Historical "reminiscences of a Local
Fire Company.

Some Historical "reminiscences of a Local
Fire Company.
Under the caption of ga Famous Fire
Company" the FIreman's Journal of date
18th October, New York publication
specially devoted to the interest of the fire.
men, has the following account of the rise
and growth of one of our local volunteer
fire organizations
''The Shitfler fire company of Lancaster,
Penn, was organized in 1852 by boys rang
ing in age from fifteen to seventeen years.
The first thing in the shape of a carriage
owned by them was small affair built by
man named Smith, son of the colored
housekecpcr of 1haddeus Stevens, and
upon this they carried hydrant hose. An
old barn at the foot of Thaddeus Stevens
lot served as house, and the boys called
their company the Independent. In less
than three months after their organization
they purchased the "Crab" reel from the
Washington hose company of Philadelphia,
the Sun hose company generously giving
them housing for their carriage. They now
changed their name to Fulton, although
they wanted to call it Shitfler, but feared
to 90 on the streets for subscriptions to an
organization bearing name so repugnant
to the Catholic element of this as we'll as
of every other American city at that time.
In 1854 there was a large accession of
older men to the membership, among them
Thaddeus Stevens, who was at once elected
president and retained the position to the
hour of his death. The older element in the
company insisted upon changing the same
to Fulton, which they did, and the younger
men, becoming indignant, withdrew. In
less than six months the hose carriage
stood in 4 chicken coop. In the spring of
1866 "the originals" hauled out their ap-
paratus and called it the Shiff1er, and in
less than one year from that date the CON-
pany owned a comfortable hose house.
They continued to prosper and grow in
membership and material wealth until in
1868 they built their present fire house. In
1871 they received as gifts two very hand
some hose carriages-onc from tho Shiffler,
No. 81, and the other from the Spring
Garden, No. sc, of Philadelphia, besides
trumpets and other valuables, which those
companies had no further use for when tho
volunteer system was abolished in Phila-
delphia. In 1871 they had built for them
third-class steamer. Since calling them
selves the Shiifier company they have never
had any difficulty in maintaining their Or
ganization save at one period of the war,
when 10 of their number were volunteer
Union soldiers.
'Upon the death of Mr.. Stevens, Hon. O.
J. Dickcy, who also became the successor
of the old commoner in Congress, became
president, retaining the Office until his
death, when George NJ. Franklin, a men,
ber of the Lancaster bar, became president
and SO remains to-day"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
A So called SDlritualist.

E. S. Graves, J. NJ. Orr, :. D. c. Pow
nall and William Brinton, citizens of
Christiana, write us that they deem it
their duty to warn the public against be-
ing imposed upon by ca man calling him.
self Crindle, who is going about under the
guise of spirituaiism, practising the most
silly and nonsensical fraud upon those
who will give him an audience. He came
here recently and gave an exhibition of
his wonderful powers. Il was the same
old story-light and dark seances. The
seances were very light indeed, and the
people of Christiana were not so much ir
the dark as Mr.. Crindle supposed. He
was discovered in his bungling tricks, and
publicly denounced by several of our best
citizens"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
They Don't Want the Pr,ze.

Tho Norristown Register has tho follow
ing ;: "At the Reading tournament the
Montgomery hose and steam fire engine
company of Norristown were awarded the
first prize for appearances and the second
prize for equipments. In the matter of
appearance committee of ladies were tho
judges, and the prize is accepted as an act
of courtesy to this committee. But the
Montgomery members are at loss to
know how they can receive first prize for
appearances and only stand second with
regard to equipments, claiming that equip
ments make the appearance, and, there
fore, at an adjourned stated meeting on
Thursday evening, it was unanimously
agreed not to accept the second prize.
The members seem to forget that ladies
do not judge beauty by the clothing that
covers it. When they said fine appearance
they meant form and facial perfection.''
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

| j. G. RunyOn, a grocer, was robbed of a
| satchel containing $500 by highw ayman,
at Middletown, New York.
Ten prisoners, one of them a murderer
named Mundy. have escaped from the Jail
at CarroltoD, Iowa.
A suit for divorce has been brought in
Indianapolis against a musician in Theo-
dore Thomas's orchestra. 1t is alleged
that he has six or eight wives.
A young woman, named Kenny, was ia.
tally gored aud bitten by COW supposed
to be hydrophobic, in Dallas, Texas. The
animal was killed.
In quarrel in st. Louis John Mahoney
shot Timothy Moran and Edward Hardy,
iufiicting fatal wounds. Moran died YES
terday afternoon and Hardy was not ex-
pected to live.
Rev. J. w. Anthony, a presiding elder
! of Dublin, Georgia, beat a negro caught
making an assault on a colored girl, and
afterward tho negro shot and killed An
thony on the highway.
Four ranchmen, named York, Puray,
Baker and Moore, living on the Lower
Gila river, have been killed by Indians.
Tho indications are that tho murderers are
White Mountain Auaches.
The steamer Leipzig, arrived at Balti-
more, from Bremen, brought among her
cargo 5000 cabbages imported from Old.
enburg, in Germany. This novel importa-
tion is due to the scarcity and high price
of home cabbage.
The sixteen-year-old son of Obadiah
Lewis of Port Sanilac, Mich, was found
dead in field under wagon box. The
team belonging to the wagon had disap-
peared. 1t is not known how his death
was caused.
Two locomotives and fifteen freight cars
were smashed by collision on tho Lake
Erie division of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, between Mount Vernon and
Mansfield, Ohio. The train men escaped
injury by jumping off before the COL
lision.
Four cars Of passenger train on the
Grand Trunk railroad ran into ditch,
near Battle Greek, Michigan. Two persons
were injured. William Charms, a dry
goods clerk, has been killed by a passing
train on the Lake front, at Chicago.
As the funeral of 12-year-old girl was
about to start from q house in Chicago,
the health officers appeared, took charge
of tho body and dismissed the mourners,
some Of whom were disposed to resist.
The girl had died of smallpox, which had
been concealed from the health depart
ment.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-24
rie,c. The following sentences arc iambic

rieso. The following sentences arc iambic
pentameters which halt scarcely more than
the labored productions of some poets
We did not get our freedom from the church.
The great truth that all men are by nature
free
Was never told on Sinai's barren crags,
Nor by the lonely shores of Galilee.
II the lot Of countless millions is to be
Eternal pain-better a thousand times
That all the consultations OF the shoreless
vast
Were eyeless darkness and eternal space.
Better that all that Is should cease to he.
Better that all the seeds and springs Of things
Should fail and wither from great Nature 5
realm.
Better that causes and effects should lose
Relation and become unmeaning phrases and
Forgotten sounds. Better that every life
Should change to breathless death, to voiceless
blank,
And every world to blind oblivion and
To moveless naught.