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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
SCANDALOUS.
Tho News from albany.

According to reports from Albany the
"Half Breeds have freely signed call
for a caucus started by the "Feather
Heads" which has received nearly so sig
natures. 1t needs 65 signatures. In case
Il caucus is held, it is agreed that "a votes
shall be required to nominate. The "stal-
warts will have nothing to do with tho
call.
The administration people have started
q story which looks as if it was concocted
to offset the bribery scandal. They allege
that Mr.. Platt was seen about 10 O'Clock
on Monday night to enter the room OF y
woman in the De:avan house. Her ac-
tions with Mr.. Platt at the supper table
had attracted the attention of the people.
Hearing of Mr.. Platt's presence in her
room. some administration members of the
Legislature hired 4 room opposite to that
alleged to be occupied by Mr.. Platt and
patiently waited for several hours. Be-
coming impatient they put step ladder
against the door and peeped through the
transom into the room. Their suspicious
are said to have been confirmed. Later
they sent in Il note to Mr.. PEltt wOrded as
follows:
"You are caught. Everything that you
have done has been observed. Unless you
come out of the room i'll ten minutes we
will burst open the door"
Mr.. Platt is said to have put out the gas
on reading the note and to have shortly
come out of the room. In passing through
the hallway he passed between file of
members who had been watching him,
and went to his own room. Nlr. Platt de-
clares that there is no truth i'll the story,
AID the stalwarts profess to be very in
dignant and say that the story is 4 con-
spiracy and the natural outcome of the
spy system that has been in vogue for
some weeks.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
EDUCATIONAL.
Dickinson College commencement.

Among the ten graduates at Dickinson
college, Carlisle, yesterday, WAS Harry Il.
Robinson, son of the Duke street NJ. f.
| church pastor, Of this city. His COM
menccment Grafton was on The ElC-
qucncc of Literature
Among the degrees conferred by the
college was that of Doctor Of Laws. upon
Prof. W. NJ. Nevin. OF Lancaster.
Hon. James G.. Blaine was selected as
the orator before the societies next year,
and Hon. William II. Rudliman, of Phil
adelphia, as the poet. l.. E. McCOmas,
esd, of IIagerstown, was chosen as
alumni orator.
In the junior prize OratOrical contest at
Dickinson college, Mr.. w. G. Robinson,
son of Rev. Robinson, Duke street NJ. T..
pastor, this city, was one of the contest
ants. He spoke on "the Power of ElO-
quencc" and the Tolunteer says it was an
able effort, "the matter was evidently
selected with taste discriminative with
reference to effect. The oratory was I'M
doub:cdly the best of the evening, but
was marred by imperfect mcmorizng.
The speaker is evidently gifted i'll this
particular and if he develops this natural
endowment his future is ful! Uf gOod
PROMISE
Points of Local Interest.
J. Hay Brown, esq., alumni ORA tion 1T
Gettysburg pennsylvania college), was
Oh "The Coming Politician 1t was re-
ccived with much favor and will be pub
lished in full in to .mOrrow's INTELLIGEN-
GER.
The trustees of the Central normal
school, at Lock Haven. have reelected the
present faculty of the school, including
the Lancaster county men : Albert n.
Rau5, \. NJ, PHI. d., principal, mental
and moral science, theory and practice of
teaching, and John NJ. Peoples, NJ. s.,
mathematics, bookkeeping and penman-
ship.
The Reading school board has resolved
to build separate high school building
for the boys and will come over AMI look
at ours for i model.
At the Polytechnic college commence
ment in Philadelphia last evening, DR..
Wickersllam made speech. At the state
college commencement in Centre county
A. J. Kaufman, of Columbia, who was i
student at the opening of the college,
made Il speech yesterday 1T tho alnmni
dinner.
Matrimonial
AT II o'clock yesterday morning, at the
residence of Col. II. A. Hambright, North
Prince street, Mr.. Jacob E. Frantz, the
wel-knOwn jewelcr with II. Il. RhOads
& Bro. was united in marriage with Miss
Lizzie Mctzger, Col Hambright's adopted
daughter; The wedding was strictly pri-
vatc, Miss Katie Inghram, of Allegheny
being bridesmaid, and Mr.. John F. Reist,
Of this city, bridesman. During the If
tcrnoon the bride and groom left Lancas-
ter for Cape May. After 4 two weeks tour
they will return to Lancaster and occupy
their new residence in Orange street.
In tic presence of a small company of
relatives and immediate friends, and with
private ceremony, Mr.. Jacob b. Long,
tho we'll known broker, was married last
evening to Mrs. Ellen II. Hager, at the
residence of the latter on East Orange
street.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
On THE WAY.
From Millersv,lle to Eite's Eddy.

Mr.. a. IL. Brencman, of Millersville,
has about 200 tobacco plants in his yard.
They look fine. The average of the lar
gest leaves measures 20 by 81. Good
isn't it.
Daniel Shaetftr, of Miliersvillc, pur.
chased last week y fine drove of young
steers for killing. Mr.. S. has the reputa-
tiOn for sIaughter;ng fine beef, and this
lot will add to it.
AS the hired man of Daniel Hess, who
resides close to Rock Hill, Manor town
ship, was backing IN empty hay wagon
from the barn to the road, Mr.. Hess $
three year old daughter who was standing
just outside the door, was knocked on
the head by the sinsle tree, thrown down
and bruised considerably about the head
and back. 1t is thought her brain is injured
by the fall. She is improving, but very
slowly.
Hiram Warfel's team did the ''great -
few days ago. As his maal was backing
it into the road one of the mules refused
to work. The whip was applied the an
imal got stubborn, jumped two-fOOt
wall down an embankment of six or eight
feet and was cxtricated with difficulty.
J. Saylor Erb, the gentlemanly post
master Of Rock Hill, was Ona fishing trip
this week. lie was successful, and among
the lot returned were several fine bass,
that tipped the scales ut q, - and nearly
3pounds.
Frank E. Miller, of Rock Hill, has an
ordinary chicken egg that measures by
9 inches.
There seems to be an immense run of
catfish, ut Safe Harbor and other near
river resorts. This the g old fishermen -
say, occurs but twice each year, and sell
dom so numerous as now.
They arrived at Fite's Eddy on Thurs
day and they did look so tired. They
started from Lancaster on Monday for
cambridge, from whence they tramped to
Fitc's. They start for home to-day and
took with them Il considerable number of
aboriginal curiosities. We refer to 5. Nj.
Zahm, Peter Hitler and Horace B. Zallm.
The last of the ice gorge, about 200
pounds, was taken from the "neck, about
!. mile from McCalrs Ferry by repairmen
Oh Thursday. Ice in July, just think
of it
Mr.. Elias Frey, who for years past has
operated the ferry at McCall's, has leased
the same to his son Milton and son-in law
Warren Chandler, for terri, of five years.
The old fcrryman will be missed by his
patrons.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
SUDDEN DEATH.
Adam snyder Drops Deaf ut the SOrrel
Horse Hotel.

Adam snyder Drops Deaf at the SOrrel
Horse Hotel.
Last evening shortly before 9 o'clock
Adam Snyder, plasterer, aged about 20
years, and residing with his daughter, Mrs.
Eobert G.. Smcltz, ut No. 10 Manor street,
fell dead in the barroOm of the SOrrel
Horse hotel, West King street.
1t appears that ne had been down street
and got a package of cut goods to be made
up into clothing. He hailed 4 street Car
that was passing, his intention being ap-
parently to ride home. The car did not
stop until it turned into Prince street.
Mr.. Snyder did not follow it to the corner.
but turned back and staggered up the
front steps and INTO the bar room as
though he was intoxicated. On entering
the bar-roOm he dropped the package,
and in STOPPING to pick it up fell forward
into q corner of the room. MIR. Slough, the
proprietor, and Samuel Bingaman,an en-
ploye, picked Mr.. Snyder up and carried him
into the back yard, and finding that some.
thing more serious than intoxication wa;
the matter, rs the man was bleeding from
the mouth, Mr.. Slough sent for Df. Hess,
who was in attendance in u few minutes,
but Mr.. Snyder died before his arrival. Cor
Oner Mishler was notified, empaneled 4
jury, dHu ditcT VIEWING tnc DoIy H'Nl IL Tc
moved to his late residence and adjourned
the inquest until morning ut 8 O'clock.
The coroner's jury consisting Of Samuel
Slough, DR.. A. Cattell. W. p. Afflebacl,
". Scott Brady, Geo. W. Eaby and Charles
VI. Strine, accompanied by the coroner and
his physician, DR.. Compton, met at the
SOrrel Horse and went thence to the resi-
dencc of deceased where several witnesses
were examined The testimony was in ac-
cordance with the facts stated above, and
it was shown in addition that for some
months past Mr.. Snyder was sub ect to
attacks of dizziness, which cause, him to
stagger when he was entirely sober. It is
believed that he felt an attack of dizziness
coming on, and attempted to board the
cars. Failing in this he entered the hotel
to take scat and rest himself, and there
fell dead
The jury, under advice of DR.. Compton,
rendered verdict of death from apo
plexy.
Mr.. Snyder leaves Il family of six or
seven grOwn-up children.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
A Girl With PrOdigiOus Feet.

A shoe factory in Albany, has received
the diagram of foot from Sandusky, o.
The girl placed her bare foot upon sheet
of paper and a pencil mark was drawn
close around the outline. This foot, as
shown by the diagram, is exactly II
inches long, e inches wide at the widest
part, and could take No. 2G boot, though
a No. 30 would be Just the thing. The
ball of the foot is 10 inches around, in
step 1S4 inches, and the heel measures %
inches. The ankle measures 1Gi inches.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
a;ubernatoriaI VetOes.

We print the text of couple more OF
Gov. IIoyt's vetoes, because o' their
sense and their style. No one who reads
them simply for the latter can fail to be
impressed with the intelligence which
Gov. Hoyt brings to the consideration Of
measures presented to him. 1t Is rc-
fresbing to find it in public men and es-
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
Meeting of Commissioners.

The Lancaster county commissioners
met the Chester county commissioners in
West Chester yesterday to make definite
arrangements for rebuilding the inter-
county bridge at Pine Grove, on the OctO-
rarO creek. The contract for the work
was awarded to Wood & Bro, Of Chester
county, their bid being s1,44. Capt.
McNIellen's bid was 81, 469. The repairs
to the bridge are to be completed by Sep
tember
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
Night IBjOs,minS Cereus.

Last evening one of these magnificent
plants containing two flowers opened into
full bloom at the residence of His Honor
Judge Livingston. North Duke street.
The blossoms were large and we'll deve!-
oped The judge displayed it in his fine
parlor for all whom it might delight.
One Of ex- Mayor Zimmerman's s plants
also blOomed last night, but not quite SO
gorgeously as Oh some former occasions.
At both places there were many callers,
to take look at the flowers.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

LA A4SA 4NxA w y l. &sA0AAs
1t is announced that in few days there
will he about ninety removals from the in
terror department, mostly clerks on the
temporary roll on the pension office.
A terrific southwest rain storm ragged at
st. Johns. Newfoundland. during We'd
nesday night. Some of the fishing fleet
have been lost.
Frank E. Dimmick, aged 90 years. for
80 consecutive years justice of the peace,
committed suicide at Smyrna, New York,
yn Wednesday evening, by shooting him.
self in the head.
The company for the construction Of the
proposed belt railroad around Chicago has
been organized. by Elijah Smith, of Bos-
ton, and several Western railroad men.
The capital stock is s., ,OOO, 600.
John Griscom, the Chicago faster,
weighed 1901 pounds yesterday noon,
showing no loss in the last twenty -four
hours, during which he drank 4S ounces Of
water. His pulse was so, respiration IL,
and temperature 9S 9-1O.
The Yorktown centennial commission
met yesterday in Washington, and formal
iy accepted tho model for the proposed
mnnumen. at Yorktown. 1t will cost $1O0, :
OCG. and work upon it will be commenced
ut once.
sos. .O00 600 in coupon five per cents
have been received ut the treasury for
continuance at 81 per cent, including
those presented at the London agency.
After the bonds forwarded yesterday have
been received, there will remain only
about $15, ,O0O, 900 Of the coupon tives out
standing.
The Cumberland Valley railroad COM
pany has decided to extend the road from
Martinsburg to Winchester, Il distance of
twenty-five miles. and surveyors arc al
ready at work running the line between
these two places. This company is also
about furnishing the entire track with
steel rails, 4 large portion OF the road hav-
ing been already supplied with them.
The excursion steamer Arrowsmith en-
cOuntered 4 terrific storm of wind and rain
off Bluff Point, in the Potomac, was
forced against the wharf by the wind and
had her upper works damaged and one of
her life boats carried 200 yards. The
bath houses ON shore, in which We're some
of the excursionists, were blown down,
and a young lady had one of her arms
broken.
Obituary.
Elk, Chief Justice Hiram Walner, OF
Georgia, died yesterday, in Atlanta, after
4 long illness.
Samuel Williams, for many years editor
of the San Francisco Bulletin, died ycstcr-
day.
Ephriam J. Whitlock, president of the
Brooklyn beard of education, died last
night.
John G. Sake, son Of the poet Sake, died
yesterday in Albany. 1t was to this sons
house that hi; father was soon to be brought
in the expectation of curing him of the
melancholy into which he has been plunged
since
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
DISTRESSING FATALITY,
Another of Walter Kiefer's Children Dies of
DIDhthcrla.

Our readers cannot have forgotten the
terrible aifiictiOn with which the family of
Walter Kietfer, local editor of the Neu Era,
was visited in the autumn of 1879 when
within very few weeks five Of his chill
dren were carried off by that dreadful
disease, diptheria. This morning about
half-past o'clock another of Mr.. Kiefer's
children, a babe fifteen months old, died
of the same disease; so that of bright.
interesting, we'll developed and apparently
healthy family of eight children, only two
remain alive. In extending oar heartfelt
coincidence to Mr.. Kieffer and his wife. we
but voice the sympathy felt fer them by
the entire community.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01

The immense pedal adorns the person of
Miss Mary Wells, of Sandusky, O., whose
weight is 160 pounds, and she is but II
years old. The diagram was sent to the
manufacturer as curiosity.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
Safe Over.

The Waesland, the steamship on which
Miss Lizzie B Cara, of this city, sailed
for Europe, arrived safely at Antwerp,
Yesterday.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01

peoples college" If July starts in this
way where will we be in the torrid days of
early August?
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01
MINOR TOPICS.

SOMEBODY writes to a Boston paper that
three ladies in his family distinctly saw
tile comet at o'clock on the morning of
Friday, June II. But the letter was not
written until June 26.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01

THE Centre county Democrat has y
monopoly Of it's growl at Hoyt for vetoins
the judiciary apportionment bill. And sc
has the West Chester Village Record in its
lament over the slain oleomargarinc bur.
lcsque on legislation.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01

A LEvEL-HEADED Republican paper ill
New York urges tho Legislature to :e'ect
Conklihg and Herman: "As for Mr. Ker-
ran, in the qualities Of patriotism. integ-
rity, manly honor and regard for personal
and popular rights, he represents the real
Republican ideal much better than Mr..
Depew.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01

A COLLEGE founded III London for the
purpose of giving special professional
training to women intended to be govern
esses Or teachers in higher class schools
has been doing good work for the last
three years. 1t sent twcnty-four students
to the first teachers examination held in
Cambridge last year, seventeen OF whom
passed successfully both in the theory and
practice of teaching.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-14
Poison for Insects.

We in Iowa have had experience with
the potato bug. The first that | saw Of
them here at Museatine was in 1862.
They ilOnrished several ears before we
were fully awake to the necessity of
destroying them.
Many remedies were suggested and
tried with very little effect. Hand
picking was most elcctual until we got
To using Paris green, At first we re-
duced the poison with ashes or flour.
and sifted it on dry. We next mixed
1t with water, aud sprinklod the potato
vines with q watering-pot. but last
and best OF all Is London pgcple, mixed
with water, one tablespoonful to two
gallons OF water. The London purple
is much better and cheaper than Paris
green. think an acre of potatoes in
tested with this destructive insect can
be saved with this remedy at a cost Of
four to six dollars. But we have de-
stroyed so many that / think there are
not more than one-tenth as many now
as there were a few years ago.
i have also had a fight for three or
four years with the canker-worm on my
apple-trees. Two years ago 1 changed
the Paris green for London purple, at a
saving OF three-fourths Of the cost, and
1t proved a better article for the pur-
pose. l take a f~orty-gallon whisky or
kerosene barrel, saw il in two, and
fasten q h%ydropult sprinkling pump in
the bottom OF the half-barrei, by nail
ing a strap OF leather to no d the pump
firmly 20 the bottom; and another strap
TO hold IL fast to the side OF the half
barrel. Then | have two whole barrels,
with one head out, to hold the water In.
Place them all ! n a wagon, and drive to
the orchard. Put three buckets of wa
ter into the h%alf-barrel, and stir in three
small tablespoonful OF London purple.
Stir It till IL Is well mixed with the wa
ter, then use the pump and sprinkle the
trees thoroughly to the right and LETT,
and on all 5 des OF them. This Is the
cheapest and most efTectual remedy |
have found for the canker worm.
j intend 10 try London purple tor the
cabbage worm this year, BY using a rag
wet with the poison. and rubbing the
under sides Of the cabbage leaves with
II. All the lower leaves OF the cabbage
are gone before the head is grown One
should be careful not to use IL after the
head begins TO form.
/ do not think the ravages OF the cur
culio can he stopped by sprinkling the
with London purple, We find
coal-tar makes a good remedy. Take a
tin vessel, aud put a wire to ii so il can
DO held up with a pole under the limbs
aud through the top OF the treo. Then
put in kindlings, shayings, hay or straw,
wen saturated with coal-tar set II on
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-14
r~phnadelphia Times.l
wen Nsn a.. cslor. 60 he Nra.A.


"Hellol Denny, what IL the troublei"
"ohiI I'm all broke up, -" was the re-
Spouse to the inquiry Of an old shipmRte Of
William q. Dennlston, one Of Farrnguts
war-worn veterans, well-known IN the
southern section Of this city, who came
iimping into the American Office yesterday.
81 thought l would 20 under the matches
this time, " continued Denniston. "Inever
suffered 50 much Ia my life. had the rheu-
matte govt so bad that / could not get off the
bed or put my foot TO the floor, aud would
have been there yet II a friend had not rec
commended 81. Jacobs on to me. l hesltated
some time before getting a bottle, thinking
Il was only another dr. Of those advertised
nostrums; but was finally induced 20 give Il
n trial, and q lucky day It was for me. Why,
bless my stars! after bathing the limb thor.
ougbly with the oil l felt relief and my
faith was pinned to 81. Jacob and his on
after that. | freely say that II Il had not been
for st. Jacobs Oh / should IN all probability,
be still housed. My foot pains tho but
little and the swelling has entirely passed
away. II beats anything OF tho Kind I have
ever heard Of and any person who doubts IL
send them TO me at No, 1924 South Tenth
strcet.'
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-14
Tic Size of the Farm.


II is r enough that we cannot have
immense returns from our farm II we
do not have a commensurate amount OF
land. We cannot expect to garner SIX
or eight hundred bushels of wheat, rye,
corn, etc lrOm a iiit,-acre farm. New
ertheIcss tho profits from a farm are
not always, or very frequently, the re-
suit OF very large farms. II Is the
thorough cUitiUiLoh OF the land we
have, and making the very best Of ev-
erything that the profit comes in. We
may have hundreds OF acres Of land,
but It may be uuprOductive for the
reason that we do not posses the means
OF properly enriching il, Hence, while
we may have capital enough to run "A
moderate farm 10 the very best man
ner, causing II to Weld double the crops
that we could look for per acre from
i've or siN times the quantity of land,
we should utterly fail in making the
larger farm profitable at all: but, on
the other hand, we should find it year
after year making us poorer and poorer,
until we should be completely swamped
by it. Just look at this simple state
ment: II a capital Of FIVE thousand dol
lars, expended in the cultivation of two
hundred acres, will yield "A profit Of five
hundred dollars, while if itwere applied
TO n hundred acres it would produce
"A profit OF one thousand dollars, IL Is
clear that the income would be increased
by diminishing by one-half the quantity
of the land,
We have known many u farmer who
has been bankrupted By a large farm,
but who might have acquired o COM
Portable competency on one-half the
number OF acres. Farmers, ~ q rule,
strive 10 own a large tract OF land.
without considering that they have not
the capital TO work 10 as il should be;
aud that unless il is 80 worked il must
drag them down instead OF building
them up.
The prudent man should start only
with such a sized farm rs he possesses
the means OF conducting in such a way
that it will produce him the largest re-
turn from the capital invested. lie VII
see, then, that he is early gain ng 20.
cuniary strength, and this will relieve
him from any fears that he will be like.
~ to go down-hill, while the facts are
before him AS clearly as they are unle-
niable, that he is steadily LAYING tho
foundation for his prosperity aud in
creasing success. Hence, let ms say in
conclusion, that II a farmer has one
hundred acres. il would be much better
for him TO put the price of another hun
dred on It, than 10 buy one hundred
more and make the same labor produce
double the crops, and not have double
labor for double crops as we so fire..
quently see 10 be the result Geraaa-
towH Telegraph.