Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-06
DOWN IN DRUMORE,
LOCAL EVENTS IN THE LOWER END.
The Spoil System In MinistuIe-A Bootiess
Senrch-Thc News Of the Neishhur-
hoOd-Our Regular Correspondence.

I he Spoil system In MlDiEtuIe-A BoOt;ess
Search-Thc News Of the Neighhor-
hood-Our Regular Correspondence.
The Examiners Drumore correspond.
ent recently called the attention of ON
tag payers to the auditors report of cul
road supervisors S account for last year
wherein will be found, as he stated. thai
Supervisor Shoemaker brought i Dill
against the township for the use of the
Wa yon iu which he rode to and from his
work bringing with it rs :: Justification
of his claim, the pie: that the hands work.
ing Oh the roads used his wagon for theil
convenience in transporting their coats and
dinners.
Our auditors clearly never should have
even considered such = claim. much less
honOred it. 1t is strictly neE departure
in our township administration. and one
that our voters should take good care is
"nipped il the bud.' The amount Of the
bill IS an insi sEiticant consideration, being
but ten dollars and our average annual
road tax about four thousand dollars,
but the principle is by no means Il
thing We may cultivate ard encour-
age with impunity. It is the spoiis
system in miniature, and shows only Il
lack of opportunity and broader field to
make it life-size. If our supervisors do
not receive sufficient compensation for
their labor, they should receive moro, but
no countenance be allowed to lodges to
create claims. We cannot afford to sup.
port the system nearer than Lancaster.
"A Fruitlcss Hunt for JAN Birds.
One evening recently as Lukens PenTose
was driving along the road near very
wild and sequestered place known as
Skelpy Hill, he observed two individuals
dangling their legs from top fence rail.
Assuming Immediately that Laucastcr's
Jail mOurncd for them, and that they were
FrankfOrd and L BuzzarL. the former
seeking Jim Boyd to fulfill q terrible
cross-bar oath he had taken to
do something awful to Boyd, r'rankiori
having stolen Boyd's horse-whom VIC
have wronged VIC always hate, they say.
With bright visions of having his name in
the heroic column of the paper, Penrose
aroused some neighbors, with whom, all
being armed with muskets, clubs, grubbinc
hoes and c superabundance of natural
courage, he prowled through the woods
and stumbled over rocks a good part of
the night. Several barns wcrc searched
and countless annihlatins plans laid, but
the fugitives were not found. Penrnse has
had the misfortune to learn since that his
supposed birds were young men of the
neighborhCCd, resting on the fence, pn,i is
not happy.
"a Curious Old Coin.
Master Evan Amber, son of Edward
Amb:er, OF Liberty square, has in his pos
session a singular old coin. That is, it is
singular to yo..r scribe, who knows moth
ing abo;:t Old coins. and is just now BY TO
mean, familiar with new ones. The coin
was found on Mr.. Thos. Ambler's farm in
Martic township. On ono side is " Gecr-
gins H., Rex" and sorry looking head,
which no doubt is profile OF that worthy
Dc the reverse is a harp with
q crown over it, and HiberEia - spelIed
around the edge.
Home from Harfnri
DR.. J. Nj. Deaver has recently p:ait: !!
visit to his boyhood home il. Hartford
county, Nd, and is most enthusiastic i'll !
bis praises of that part OF the world, and |
declares it Outrivals old Lancaster. 1t is |
presumed the doctor draws bis compari-
sons between Hartford and the Buck, ccr-
tainly not between Hartford and Fairfield.
Local Erevities.
Little Britain church now has her pastor
in & position to soon open hostilit;es upon
him.
The Chestnut Level correspondent is
lalting between two opinions about re
pairing its church, and ono opinion comes
from Fishing creek.
Some Gentle stole two pigs from DIR. L.
F. Sides.
Every body is building something.
Pasont 1iauures for Tobacco.
We have considerable tobacco set, and |
are busy with it. Il correspondents OF the |
recently said tho Lancas-
ter county farmers were careful to use no |
patent nanures in growing tobacco. We |
rise to APPOINT of order. Drumorc has 4 |
man, Mr. John Long. than whom tho
county has no more successful raiser, in |
respect to large yield and prices, who uses
;welve hundred pounds of S. G. rock to |
tho acre, and there is scarcely man in |
,he lower end Of this county. who does not |
lse phcsphates Of some kind o., tobacco.
rEE ILLEGAL FEES OT COSsTAELES.
= he Auditors Request TEem to Step Up and |