Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-01
COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.
\ CLEAE SWEEP MADE AT TIE PRisUS
Nearly All the Old officers ;sOunced-Dr
Compton Yet III Danser-The New
Eta;u

| at the prison at ten O'Clock this morning
to finish up their business and the mem
| bers ". al present as follows
President. Albert Hagen, of Mt. Nebo !:
| secretary, John g. Weaver. of Strasburg
| township: treasurer, Calvin Cater, OF
| Ch.istia;.t r. II. Better, Of Ephrata ::
| hmCa Pl,y.r. New Holland, AID j. Ii.
| HOfmeici city.
| The auruaI bills were presented and
approved.
Mess:s. Weaver, Bitzer and Sproul rc-
| ported tt!nt they had audited the ;rtasurer's
| account and found them correct, with
| baiauce al :2l l.; i. bis L&rdo due the
I prison.
| Ths annual r.por; of the boar! was
read and signed by the ms mbels.
| The board signed petition praying tie
| Senat" and House 20 pass All act giving
| Our courts pr~cr to sentence long term
| prisoners tn the state penitentary.
| Tie cid bJa,t, having flushed their Ensi-
ness, adjourned and lie ing members,
| Mess.s Rut.er and IIohneicr retired, the
rev members Henry Dohne., of East
| Lampeter and Jacob W. Nssley, of Rapho
| took their seats.
The o! raniZatiOn ri the :ew board Was
| then effected by the election OF the follow
! lng officers without opposition
Preslcn.-JOhn G.. Weaver.
Secretary-J. w. Nissley.
| Treasurcr-R. II. Bitter.
The new officers took their seats and the
| Doard proceeded to elect officers for the
liSul. McSsIs. Carter and Ritter being
| appointed tc:icr$.
| For inst nud,rkeeper. ID. }. S:"niiar,
Gl Eden. and Amo. Lu;z, ci1y, were r,,ani
| natcG and Mr.. Stautfrr wa. elected on the
| iirS5 ballot.
| For second nnlei keeper, MI. Murr Tie
! lycscnt incumbent, was elected without
opposition.
| For clerk, David 5. Warie, the present
| Gun ut Was a;so elected withuUt oppC-
| stiOn.
For solicitor, &. n. Sprou, esq the
present incumbcnt, was elected by accla-
mati.,n.
For physician. Drs Frank N. Musscr,
| Vim. Compton, j. X. Shilk, weie nOnii-
mated. On the first ballot, Dr.. Musser
received three votes, DIR. Compton two
and DR.. ShirE one. The second, third and
fourth ballots ,csulted the same, and Oh
motion the matter WAS dropped for the
present.
For watchmcn. DIR. Sample, Nj. joy,
| and Amos i.utZ, city, were nomina ed alG
elected.
Fer shoemaker. II. c. Cloud, Martic,
and Charles Buckius, city, the present iu-
| cum bent, were nominated, and Mr.. Cloud
| was elected on the first ballot, receiving
! fn:- votes.
For baker, George ". Ehrman, the
| present Incumbent, aid Fred. RegeEnas,
| l.phi alta, were nominated. and Mr.. lte
rennas was elected on the first ballot re-
4 Z, .viiig four votes.
| NJ. Hagen reported that nu proposals
have teen received for manufacturing
cigars for the prison, and Mr. Herr being
calle,! consented to work on his o.I con.
| tract for another month.
II. B. Cochran, John +. Long * SOFAS
b. +. w. Urban, city, and Geo. :. Roger,
| EpLrata, were chosen to furnish drugs for
the prison for the ensuing year, each l:ii-
nishing the drugs for three months.
! The board decided to have 200 C":;.,:a If
the annual report printed, AID th" char
appointed McSsrs. Hagen and Bii="r 20
| advertise for proposals, etc.
| The lle.idc,t appointed tho ,oi"~:. Z
| commuters Tor The ensuing. year
Home supplies Mcssr# B.tzer and Mss
| ley.
| Yarn-Messrs. Hagen and DohncT.
| Flour-Messfs. Carter and Nisslcy.
| Leather-Messls. Bitzer ani Dohnrr.
| Mcat-Mcs.rs. Hagen and Carter.
| At the Poor House.
| The ncw board of poor directors also
held their first meeting to,jay. 1t is com
rnscd of the following: John Evans,
| Warwick Martha kreidcr, city; Harry
Musscr. West Lampetci g.; jacob G. Keller,
Penn f. w. Bard, Lincoln, and Benz.
III. Long necker, Lancaster township Tie
two last namcd arc retiring and john NJ.
Shnl:z, StTasburg township. aid Joseph
ObeIhnltzer. Blue Ball.
An organization was effected by III" G.
election OF John Evans, as president aud
| ID. Is. Lands, treasurer.
For the position of super intendent and
resident physician, uadcr the new rui,s,
DIS. J Ii. McCleary, Cambridge J. G..
Gatchell, Consstoga |. N. Ssnsenig,
land, and }. II. Freeand, city, were can
didatcs, and DR.. McCreary was elected.
John Brock, the present incumbent,
Elm Herr, Strasburg, David kerpl;nger
and Jere Cooper, city, were candidates,
and Mr.. Brock was elected.
B. f. Croft, Geo. A. Lane ard Tlos
WIitson, esQs.. were candidates for solic-
itor, and Mr.. Croft was elected.
The following officials were elected
without opposition
Falmer-Isaac Zimmerman.
Engineer-Taylor Shober.
Baker Lewis kohlhaas.
President Evans appointed the following
committees
House-Messrs. Musser, Longenecker
and Bard.
Farm-Messrs Evans, Keller and Krei.
der.
AdjOui ned.
Neral instructor Elected Ia Joint CONVEX
tlOu.
Shortly after two o'clock the prison in
spectors and poor directors met in joint
convention at the poorhOuse to elect a
moral instructor, and Mr.. Weaver was
called to tue chair.
Rev. John Swank, the present incum
bent. was nominated and elected unani
mousiy and the salary was fixed the same
as last year. $4O0.
A DELEGATE Opsre;ion.
, On December 5th, Mrs. Amanda Her
man, wife of Philip Herman, of York
Swallowed common pin. which lodged
in Ter throat half way betwee: