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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
A Loet Horse Found-Desd,

On Thursday it was noticed in the In
TELLIGENcER that horse had been stolen
from the stable of Elias Aument, residing
in Drumore township. A reward of fifty
dollars was offered for the horse, and a
horse detective association was sent after
the thief. On Friday the horse was found
lying dead in a tobacco house on Mr.. Au
ment's premises. He had gotten out of the
stable and gone into the shed where he
fell through a trap door, breaking his
neck.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
COLORED CAMPMEETINGs.
Fine Weather-Large Crowds and Good
Order.

Fine Weather-Largo Crowds and Good
Order.
Yesterday seemed to be big day for
the colored people of this county and
several campmeetings were held in differ
ent localities.
The annual meeting at Rigby" near
Arcadia station, Fulton township was
held yesterday. The splendid weather
brought out tremendous crowd Of white
and colored people. Nearly the whole
lower end of the county turned out and
many were present from York aud Chester
counties and Maryland. This is the most
popular place for holding campmeetings
in the state, and the name Rigby is
familiar to every one. The meetings are
not gotten up for speculations but for
worship and the number of negroes who
attend every year is very large. The ser
vices yesterday were quite interesting, and
constable who went there to preserve
order states that there was not the slight
est disturbance.
The. camp meeting which began week
before last in Detwiler's woods, Mt. Joy
township, was continued over yesterday,
when the crowd was as large as it was at
Landisville, on the big day. A gentleman
who lives near the woods and took account
of the crowd says that there was between
900 and 1000 vehicles on the ground at
one time. Sermons were preached in the
morning and evening by Rev. w. X.
Norris, of this city, and in the afternoon
by Rev. ]. r. Davis, of Springville.
The colored campmeeting at What Glen
Park was we'll attended especially by white
people. The services we're full of interest.
John Francis, the well known colored
divine, formerly of the Welsh mountains,
preached in the morning at ten o'clock On
the words II will 60 in to the king and if
perish let me PERISH In giving our re-
porter an account of the campmeeting this
morning John said that his subject was a
"big hoss" (horse) The reporter agreed
with him, and he was unable to see how
John mounted him without stirrups. In
the afternoon the first sermon was preached
by Rev. VIM. Keels, of this city. He
chose for his subject "The Four Kings -
and his discourse was listened to with the
closest attention. At o'clock Rev.
Adam Dennis, of the Welsh Mountains,
preached on "Adam, where art thou q
Rev. Oscar Jones, of Harrisburg, preached
in the evening and his subject was "who
believe our reports" ESQ John Francis
said).
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
che AUGUST COURT.

The Cases Which arc Being Disposed Of.
This morning the regular August term
Of quarter sessions court began, with
Judge Patterson presiding. On the list
for trial there are 152 cases.
John r. Diffenbach, of the Second ward,
this city, was chosen foreman of the grand
jury. After the jury had been sworn,
Judge Patterson delivered his charge in
structing them in their various duties. In
the charge the court stated that they had
been informed that constables and police
men arc often instrumental in having
parties bring suits, and if the grand jury
found any trifling cases in which officers
had induced parties to make complaints,
they should ignore the bills, and put the
costs on the officer.
The cOnstables were next called and
they made their usual quarterly returns.
A number of roads were reported to be in
bad condition.
No cases were attached this morning.
The grand jury mado a return just be.
fore court adjourned. They found true
bill against Harry Shaub. charging him
with fOrnication and bastardy, and ignored
the bill charging him with rape.
The case of Samuel Taylor, of Bart
township, charged with desertion, was
dismissed, with county for costs. The
same disposition was made of the case in
which Isaac Houck was charged with
assault and battery.
A mol. pros. was entered in the case Of
Henry De Armen, charged with embez.
element, on payment of costs.
Current business.
Jonathan Wright, esq, member of the
Lehigh county bar, was admitted to prac.
tiee in our court on motion Of r. F. Davis,
esq.
Henry NJ. Fraelich was appointed a
supervisor of West Hempfield township
to fill the vacancy caused by the death OF
Abraham Heineman.
Magdalen Rappe, of this city, was
divorced from her husband Henry Rappe.
The latter is now in jail serving out sen.
tence for incest.
A Colored Juror.
Anthony Maxwell is a petit juror this
week. He is a colored coachman and is a
resident of the Seventh ward.
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vIsItIng Eastern Friends.

Misses Ella j. and Laura EckeDrotb,
daughters of Mr.. Benjamin Eckenrotb,
now of Wooster, o., formerly of Spring
vile, this county, are visiting friends and
relatives in this city.
Mr.. Thomas F. McSparran, formerly Of
Fulton township, but for the past fourteen
years resident of Mexico. Audrain county,
Mo-, is visiting friends and relations in
this county. He farms about 2S5 acres Of
land, and reports his crop prospects spleu
did. He raises corn principally, and pre-.
fers farming there to here, as the work is
so much more easily done on that soil.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
baseball.

The Active baseball club played match
game with a picked nine on the Active's
grounds Saturday afternoon. On account
of the storm the game drew to close
after six innings had been played. The
score then stood 26 to 81 in favor of the
Actives. The ground is very poor where
the game was played and that accounts
for the big scores which are made on it.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
Cease tho Gush.

Washington Republic.
Cannot the presidents physicians be in
duced to change the formula of their bull
letins? The public is getting sick at hav-
ing to read every morning that the presi-
dent slept "sweetly," as though he were
a baby. If he sleeps we'll, why not say
SO? "Sweetly" repeated forty or fifty
times is sickening and it doesn't mean
anything. One other point. The presis
dent is always represented as "taking
nourishment." If the president eats, why
not say so? "Takins nourishment p" is
another babyish expression. Mr.. Garfield
is a great big honest fellow, with the brain
and the heart of a giant. If he had his
say in the matter he would call eating
eating, and he would not say half hum
dred times that he had slept :" sweetly."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
Neces sary Reorganization

The Pottsville Chronicle, one of the
most intelligent and independent Demo-
cratic newspapers Of the state, edited by
VIM. Kennedy, esq.,, speaks strongly OF
the necessity for Il system of rules to
govern the Democratic organization of
this state and declares, not without rea-
son, that the lack of them up..to this
time is simplya disgrace to the intelli-
gence and integrity of the party organi-
tion. Their failure has certainly led to a
slip-shod way of doing things, and Sue
cessiOn of irregularities that are always
damaging and often disgraceful to the
party. The trouble is that, in the alb
sence of such rules, the things which
they should govern are either left to the
chances of the moment, or are decided
accordingly as they affect the personal
or factional interests of those who con-
troll their determination. Besides the gen.
eral inefiiciency of the state committee,
and the lack of order in the organization
of conventions, the Chronicle points out
that:
"No regular system is provided for the
selection of delegates to our state conven-
tions In one county they are selected by
the county committee as a whole in an
other by the county committee cut up in
sections in another by the county con-
ventions and in another as the local lead
ers for the time being may deem best for
the promotion of their personal interests.
This loose manner of representation is in
itself an invitation to fraud and enables
the representatives of the different fac
tiOns to secure their ends by resort to
questionable and dishonest methods.
There has not been q Democratic state
convention for ten years in which there has
not been q wrangle over the admission OF
contesting delegations from Philadelphia,
all of which has arisen from the lack of q
system of rules which should determine on
their very face which is the regular dele
cation. There is no good reason why a
rule should not be adopted, prescribing in
definite terms the manner Of electing dele.
gates to the state convention, just as
every county organization provides for the
manner of clecting delegates to the coun-
ty convention"
The Chronicle favOrs making the cOun-
ty cllairmen members of the state CON-
mittee, and that appears to be the pre-
vailing idea. 1t would be we'll for it,
and other faithful exponents of the bet.
ter element of the party to further indi.
cate what direction the proposed reor-
ganization of the party should take. We
agree with it that the committee should
not undertake too much. 1t isnot likely
that it will. But what the committee
needs are sensible suggestions as to the
best mode of reform, rather than argu-
ments to show the need of reform OF
who is responsible for the present condi-
tion of disorganization.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
Rev. SAMUEL DEERBROw, Of Upper
East Tennessee, has married 2, 154 couples
since 1910, receiving therefor about
5000 in fees. The lowest fee he took in
was fivo cents in coppers.
Although Governor BAGLEY, of Michi-
gan left an estate valued at 5000, 600, lie
directed that the family monument to be
erected on his burial lot should cost no
more than $500.
SARAH BERNHARDT has been in London
in Brighton, in Birmingham, in Liver
pool in Manchester, in Glasgow, and
in other important towns, but in no towns
have her receipts equalled those in Dublin.
JOHN CocHRANE, senator of the Third
district Pa, died yesterday at Spring
Lake. N. Y. Deceased was forty-one
years old, lawyer, and for nine years a
member of select council from the Fifth
ward, Philadelphia. He married the eldest
daughter of Lewis c.. Cassidy two years
ago.
The pretty little name of the Spanish
pretender, DoN CARLOS, is simply Charles
Marie de los Dolores Jean lsidore Joseph
Francois Quirin Antoine Michael Gabriel
Raphael, Duke of Madrid. He is 4 tall,
handsome and agile man, frank with peo-
pie whom he likes, and the possessor of
beautiful hands and pearly nails.
The subject upon which Judge BLACK
had been asked to write an article in con-
troversy with Ingersoll happened one day
to be alluded to in the presence Of his ad-
mirable wife, who said that she did not
know what the Judge would do with it, but
she felt perfectly sure that 'sifhe could only
turn it into q law case, he would certainly
win. I"
The secret of Colonel INGERsOLL's 8
strong hold on a certain class of the pull
lie is out. "Bring me some fried onions, I"
said the colonel at Long Branch hotel
the other day. "How manya" inquired
the startled attendant. "a bushel of
them," was the reply, and the attendant
went meekly away and gave the order to
the cook.
The Cleveland board of tradc has pre-
sented gold medal to JOHN MILLER, a
modest hero Of that city, diver by 6ccu-
patton, who has saved from drowning at
least seventy-five persons. Mr.. Miller
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15

The upper house of the English Par
lament will not assent to Gladstone's
land reform bill. Reform moves slowly
through aristocratic bodies. "To the
commons has ever been the appeal Of
advanced thought and liberal move
mentS.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
He Whipped Her.

Ed. Jackson, colored, distinguished him
self on Saturday night by whipping the
wife of Matthew NJ. Diggs, on North
street. He was arrested by Officer Mer-
ringer, and before Alderman Barr he will
have to answer tho charges of assault and
battery and drunken and disorderly con-
duct.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15

THE Republicans would do well to
pitch on Gen. Chalmers, of Mississippi,
tohead the ticket of opposition there to
the Democracy. He has been abused by
the Republicans 50 roundly and fercely,
that they could now support him in the
South and sing his praises in their
Northern stalwart newspapers with as
much fervor as they used to damn Ma
hone and now bless the reputation
leader of the rag, tag and bob-tail oppo-
siti0n to the state credit party of the
Old Dominion.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15

Two weeks from next Wednesday is
the time fixed by the Democratic county
committee for holding the district con-
ventiOns to choose delegates to the state
convention and general county
convention to name a county ticket.
The time is not far distant, but the in
terval is long enough to consider and
determine upon all that is to he done.
On Saturday of next week the Demo.
cratic voters of the several districts will
meet to elect delegates to the convention
who will settle it, The candidates
for county Offices seem to he as we'll
satisfied to have their agony soon over.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15

formerly led dissipated life, but sinoebis
reformation, four years ago. he has won
the respect and admiration of Thousands
by his sturdy morality, unselfishnrss and
dauntless courage.
The original of Dickens's fat boy was
named BUDDEN, and he lived in Roches-
ter, and when boy he was exactly the
Joe described by Dickens. After. Pick
wick had gotten into circulation some
body called Budden's attention to the
character. This woke him up. He be-
came a very active, energetic man, and
was afterward made mayor of Rochester
and later was elected to Parliament.
The Philadelphia Times declares that
"Clara Belle, "who writes the gossippy and
suggestive letters about women, is none
other than the immeasurable liar, ELI
PERKINS, "who under his own hand and
seal cannot get admittance into any reput-
able journal in the country. It is credit
able to the whole race of woman that
Clara Belle could only be made out of
Eli Perkins,
When the present pope was a cardinal
and legate at Brussels, he was one day
writing in his study, and a house painter,
who was employed in painting the ex-
terror of the legation, slid down a rope
and looked at his eminence. The cardinal
turned round and the man slipped down
the rope quickly, muttering, "What an
ugly mug for a cardinal ~ His eminence
the door, determined to have the rude
fellow discharged but as he went past a
mirror he looked at himself, and, confess
ing that his mug" was ugly, smiled,
and resumed his seat, continuing to write
as if nothing had happened.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
Feast of Assumptlon.

To-day, August IS, is holy day in the
Catholic churches-being a festival in
honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary
into heaven.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-15
MINOR TOPICS.

MINOR TOPICS.
A THREE line advertisement in a WASH
ington evening paper for lady to do
copying for @ a week, is said to have
brought 213 applications.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-03-17
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Farm for Sale !a w

CMuA ATEDons n6fes north of Morris Center aae scar ekCEthe ezst shofe oFBantam lake centaining abont 20 acres and is we'll supplied 1it wood and water. The buildings ars in good repair VIII be sold on very reasonable terms. For further particulars in- quire of 41-3ms
 MRS. A. c, RAY, Thomaston, Conn.,
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-03-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

There is strong probability that the Wis. consin legislature will submit to- the people :. roman suffrage amendment to the State Constitution. h'
 '9 -ftt t.'t.- T s9!!WDj ftE-
 By surveyors blunder substantial bri6g hotel was built in Philadelph;a suburb on lot forty feet from rne one bought for the purpose. z
 When peer becomes bankrupt the fact is notified by the Lord Chancellor to the House of Lords and the bankrupt does not vote until his bankruptcy if annulled. ...t. M . Ft 1+tEtt Cst -fEi ; -t}D az E H ~ !
 A resolution has passed the Texas legisla- ture requiring that women shall be employed in the State department for every position they are competent to fill, upon the same terms and conditions as men. .,,, f,,..r. syaF 1. Miss Flora Torsey, stepkaughter of Judge W. R. Wagstaff of Paolo, Kan, has just been admitted to the ba., after asearching examina- ton. She Isa handsome lblonde, highly edu- cated, and accomplished in music and paint ing.
 A pension of 's4, 900 was granted in t790 by the British Parliament to the heirs and de- scendants of William Penn, in consideration of his G.eritorious services, and of the losses which his family sustained in consequence of the American wars 1t. iss now paid to Col. William Stuart, descendant
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-03-17
Fsn panDpty,seEs Hla..kA E

Now that warm weather mas set ia, mar 5T'sfflIoS fASS 'l Y "SYa'Sea Se'Sea av8d 58f. k A reformed charcoal peddler is doing tenn perance work in New Haven.
 Hartford has time ball which indicates the neen hour by dropping. ' When it .doss itcT- -rectly the papers mentienit.< KS 64A4AA The mother of the man who kisses Emma Abbott hyes in Bridgeport, of course. There's where he gets his endurance.
 sJ Burt TT Winters. aged twenty years. was found dead in the snow by the side of road running between.New s,Mi ilfofd end Ghesman, ou1Faesday of last week. 1t lwas- tue end of spree,
 Bridgeport contemppiates i iincreasing it's bath ing facilities, on the beach near Barnum's place. It is not more facilities for bathing that Bridgeport needs, but the dispositionT
 A Wallingford man went fishing Sunday and caught a string, of fish. However there is no man so mean but what meaner can be found, and fortunately the second party turn ed up in time to steal the fish. z 4o Ya0
 A Bible agent came across a little colored boy in Woodbury, when the following dia- pray r. asked daAs entlemau. <. Receiving re- ply la the afirpatigs lie eontinued, ..My lit tie fellow, can you pray ?" ''Oh, yes," was the prompt answer-'sbounded on the north by Massachusetts, on the east by Rhode ls- land, on the west by New York, and on the south by Long Island Sound.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-03-17
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