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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18
THE REPUBLICANS.



Political interest in Republican circles
Is centred chiefly upon the primary cleo
tions of that party, fixed for the unusually
early date of April 18th, in order to elect
state and national delegates. The elections
will be the most important ever held by
the party, as never before was there such
a list of nominees To be chosen at single
election, the call including judge, Congress,
senator in the lower district, sheriff, pro
thonotary, register, treasurer, clerk OF
quarter sessions, clerk of orphans court,
two commissioners, prison keeper, coroner,
two poor directors, two prison inspectors,
two national delegates and alternates,
eight state delegates and county commit
teemen.
In view of the magnitude and variety Of
spoils at stake, the Importance and advan
tago of combinations and OF organizing
a RUG h lve been recognized by some oil
the politicians, and as less than seven
weeks remain for them To get their work
in, the past few days have been busily EN-
ployed in Matching a scheme to get up an
inyincble combination, that will have the
sunport cf the Nep Era, and which will be
too strong to fear the Influence OF the
| Examiner and its faction Lew. Hartman,
| IL ia understood, aspires to be the new big
| boss and the only interest which IS mani
| tested in the election of Rosenmiller by the
city politicians, whose larger profit lies in
bossing the county politics, is the hope oil
manipulating the police patronage under
him 80 as to further their schemes. The
| incubation OF some Of these plans during
the past week has led to great many
mysterious movements on Barbary Coast
and some of the workers have been prano
| ing the court house corridors daily showing
unmistakable signs Of tho Dig mead
| Jimmy Doebler has taken the war path
and his whoop is occasionally heard WIZ
blood curdling effect rs he unfolds his tale
TO listening and astonished audiences.
| Brown, Sensepig and McMellen do not
take kindly, it is said, to proposed c0ali
tion with the NeW Fra, though theil
candidate for reelection, Senator Amos IL
Mylin, is not at all averse to it, Mentzer II
said to be on the outs with McMeller
though friends are trying to conciliatt
him neither is there any love lost between
McMellen and Lew. Hartman, especially
since tho latter had tho McMellen dele
gates from the Third ward so contemptu
ously kicked out of the Republican city
convention. They have rubbed brine int
his wounds by the support and sympathy
given to Alderman Barr, and tho Nelo Hra
johnson faction lose no opportunity u
show their exhultation over the dlscom
future of Mr.. MoMellen In the Third ward
and openly boast that they will show tina
they oan run the politics OF his ward an'
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

Before the Republican nomination for
mayor the NeW Era said We under
stand that an effort will be made to elect
delegates on Thursday evening in the
interests of candidates who it is well
known could not command even the
party vote much less the business vote
independent OF party considerations,
which every year is making itself more
and more felt in municipal affairs"
1t was well understood that this had
direct reference to Rosenmiller's nomi
nation. The Ne,0 Era SO intended it /;
its party 30 understood it,
Before the Republican nomination for
mayor the Examiner said " All that is
needed is citizen familiar to all, who
is known to have ability in the manage.
ment Of business affairs, the integrity
which gives assurance that city matters
will be managed honestly and with that
independence of character to prove he
will be neither the mouth piece Of ring
nor the tool of clique. No man can
be elected mayor of this city who has tC
be defended or whose weakness must be
apologized for"
The man whom this described as moi
being wanted was promptly recognized
as ROsenmiiler. The Examiner so in
tended 1t |; and Its party so understood
it; he was the one conspicuous candi.
date who Lad to be defended" OF
whose" weakness must be apologlzet
fOr" I"
No other man In the Republican part!
was willing to take the nomination.
was offered to dozen--any one OF then
Gttel for the place than RosenmilleI
They, each and all, declined 1t, no doub
because they believed with the Nep Err
that the best care is exercised In tn
administration Of municipal affairs whe
the executive and legislative depart
ments are In the hands Of opposing par
ties, as at present. They act as a whole
some check upon each other. We there
fore believe that the public good will b
best subseryed by maintaining this bal
ance.o
The only way to maintain thi
balance " and preserve a wholesom
check upon the pronigacy of Reput
lican council Is to vote for McMullen.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18
A News Copyright.

Mr.. Henry Watterson, of the Louis.
vile Courier JOURNAL, wants Congress TO
pass law giving the right to news man
ufactureis to copyright their work. Mr..
Watterson says that what he writes and
publishes in book he can preserve the
ownership in by applying for copyright
and he thinks that he should have the
same privilege for what he writes and
telegraphs to his journal. Maybe he
should but probably If he had, he would
find that II would cost him more trou
BILE and delay to get his copy
right than it would be worth to
him after he had it. Perhaps Mr..
Watterson may he able to persuade
Congress TO give him the doubtful privi.
lege he seeks but probably there will be
conditions coupled with the gift which
will make it quite unacceptable. II the
newspaper editors ask Congress to pro-
tect their proprietary right in their pub
lications, Congress should take the OPP
portunity to relieve the country from the
prevalent nuisance of false news. 1t
ID btlt W say tudN hah Va WV
news that is published is untrue
as 1t is published, and that OF the por'
tion that is true, a good part Is not
proper for publication. People who are
injured by newspaper publications do not
often seek redress, because experience
has shown that it is Improbable but II
Congress is to take a hand in protecting
proprietary rights in news, II
may, very advantsgeously to the public
good, seize the opportunity to make
newspaper news what it should be. 1t
may do this by establishinga censorship,
to which all proprietary news shall be
submitted before publication or re-
quiring news proprietors to deposit IN
adequate sum in United States bonds, TO
be distributed to injured persons, or
charities by censor, who shall find the
news published to be untrue or in any
way impertinent.
We fancy that under such proper re-
strictions to proprietary news, not many
newspaper publishers would want a
copyright. We are heartily in favor Ot
Mr.. Watterson's law, amended so as to
secure us veracicus information. It has
become an intolerable nuisance to be
compelled to read to-day what is
contradicted to morrow, and long
stories of special correspondents pre-.
pared without the slightest regard
to the truth. Congressman and
public men generally, who are lied
about without the possibility of redress,
will welcome a law which will put met
ropolitan editors under bonds to tell the
truth and nothing else. And the private
citizen too who don't like TO be belied
will heartily applaud it. Mr.. Watterson
thinks it is bad thing to steal news ;
but it is a worse thing to steal circula.
tion and stab reputation with lies. Let
him amend his law to secure the public
redress from these wrongs, and we Will
cheerfully accord him the redress he
seeks from his wrongs.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18
TKASsrINKD bY ROD.
A man CooIIy Directs His Funeral While la
HIS Death Agony.


A very singular and fatal accident
occurred on au oil lease on Rutherford Run,
three miles from Bradford, Saturday after.
noon. Jacob Dickey has charge OF the
lease, and was agItating the well, using
for tho purpose an iron rod about eleven
ieet long. This was attached to a rope
passing through a crown pulley, the rod
dropping down the tubing till it reached
the sand rock. The rod agtated the we'll 80
effectively as TO cause strong flow Of gas,
which blew rod and rope out Of the well
and up into the derrick. la its descent
tho poiut of the rod struck Mr.. Dickey
square on top the head, passed through
his head toward the left, came out at the
occipital bone, passed on down through
the left shoulder, through tho left lung,
narrowly escaping the heart, aud passed
out below the last rib, protruding several
inches.
The man did not lose consciousness
through the whole Of it, and stood with
out finching the operation of pulling the
rod from his body. He lived long enough
to give directions about his funeral. Leaves
wife and two children.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

About 4 o'clock Sunday morning the
western wall Of the -four warehouse, here
toSore occupied by f. Lathbury g. Co., on
the south side OF Vine street, above Broad,
Philadelphia, being deprived of its sup
ports by a fire which started about eleven
hours before, fell with great force, almost
completely demolishing tho teneme Mt
house owned by Miss Leeds, at l4l0 Vine
street, aud burying several OF the occu-
pants under tho debris. Edward Curran
was killed aud his wife and two others
injured.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18


court waiting TO be called. II is to be
feared that such tenderness of heart as this
toward law breakers, because they hap.
psned to be Of his political faction, does
not qualify man ter the administration
of an office that the Nee Era says should
be conducted on business principles.
FRANKLtN aud Marshall college was
recently made the recipient Of donation
of Si0 900 for au astronomical observatory.
A correspondent in another column makes
the very sensible suggestion that the
citizens of Lancaster should supplement
this gift with a fund of from 90 600 to
50, 500 for the purpose of building au
annex to tho observatory, the annex u
contain clock for keeping the correct
time OF the city. When the present i'm.
perfect and unreliable local time standard
is considered, such contamination as
that suggested cannot be too deyoutly
wished. The college aud city are closely
identified in interests, its presence in our
midst attracting and disseminating oul
ture, aud where such important mutual
benefits would result as in the plau pro.
posed, the work of securing from public
spirited citizens the amount of money
required should not DO difficult.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18
Nilsson Taxes Up "a Collection

The concert for tho benefit of the suffer
ers from the food, given at Music nall,
Cincinnati, Sunday afternoon by Abbey's
opera company, produced a gross sum Of
1904. Nilsson sang for an encore "Give
Mea Penny" and then, taking a basket,
and assisted by Scalohi, sembrioh, Fursch,
tended by q gentleman, parsed through
the aisles and took up collection,
amounting to nearly sl 400.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

SEQ Ih.t Your Bsiiot Has lhese Ma


SEQ Th.t Your Bauot Has lhese Names
Un tt
Following Is a correct list Of the Demo-
Cratic nominees for to morrow's election .
ron MAYOR,
u. MoMullen
FOR SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
samuel IL Lchty.
Thos. +, MoEligott.
A. Il. Ringwalt.
jacob Shindle.
Al. Snyder.
Henry Smoych.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18
Murderer Kugg escapes FROM Jail.

Charles IL. Rugg, the negro who was
under arrest awaiting trial for the murder
of the Maybee family and the assault upon
MIR. aud Mrs. Townsend, of Long Island,
escaped from the Queens county Jail
about ton o'clock Sunday night.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18
a Bill u ProIanI Nrwa

MIR. Henry WattersOu has drafted bill
aud prepared an argument TO be presented
10 Congress to protect news within twenty
four hours after It's publication.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

During Mayor stagber's ddmiaistra.
ton not one cent Of priRcipaL tods put
into the sinking fund. .-E1aminer Of Sat.
,Tddy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18


VArLTING ambition overlesps itself.
Jimmy Doeber will never be lookup
keeper The people will vote for Nc
Mullen for mayor.
THERE'S many a slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip. Buck Leibley's programme to be
mayors clerk will fail. The people will
elect McMullen mayor.
| BIsMARCKs latest conduct shows him to
hostility to the American porker is there
fore in exceeding bad taste.
| HENRY WATTERsoS wants an exclusive
copyright of twenty four hours on news
specials. The country wants Henry TO
give it a heightened period Of rest.
EXAMINE your ballot carefully before
voting and see that every name on the
ticket in your ward corresponds with
the correct ticket as printed in this even
| ing's lNTELLIGENCER.
THE circulation of false ticket with
intent to deceive voters Is now a punisha.
BILE offence. The prison door will open
for those guilty of such deception. Vote
your honest convictions aud let no man
tamper with them. Voto for McMullen
| WHEN Philip ID. Baker tried TO run the
school board aud GUST old and faithful
directors, the Independent Republicans
aided by the Democrats, blocked his little
game. Now Baker wants his man for
mayor. The way to beat him is to vote
for McMullen, "Patty cake, patty cake,
Bakers man"
| DEMOCRATIC administration of the
mayors Office in six years and half re-
duced the city debt 800, 900 Republ
can administration in four years hat
increased the city debt 100000. A votC
for McMullen Is vote to keep on in til,
good way a vote for Rosenmiller is
vote to return TO the old aud evil ways.
D As Mayor Mac GontgLes admiais!ratio
J. has paid OF coz, 800 Of the city debt, an
y therefore decreased the tar burden 55s cent
. on e0sry 300 paluatiOH, and as ". /
u StauGer's Republican administration IN
10 creased tho tar burden sl,75 on eUery slO
Z raIudtion, erery osner of property in n
IL city loho is in tdg0r Of loo tdIes, and epev
% tenant in JarOr Of loo rents should cote ne.
70 Tuesday for Dauid KtNullen, uho wl
continue tho good cork done By Mayor Ma
d. Gonigle.
a. A PRETENDED sold Democrat " VII
ID asked Mr.. McMullen through the Eramla,
l. whether he voted the Democratic cit
Dr. ticket Ia 1875, can get direct answ,
,d from Mr.. r.McMullen II he will apply in pei
SOD. McMullen will tell him he did yo
ty for ex Mayor Sanderson in that campaig
1t Aud now will the Examiner tell ,
N whether or not its proprietor threaten,
,r. to kick Rosenmiller out of his office
bit 1878, because he accused him Of helping
ra defeat Leaman for the Legislature?
an "OSCR upon time" the old fashio
t. cd stories begin, when Rosenmllcr W
r district attorney and some Of his polite
e. friends had got into such tight pla
O. that there was no other means of esca
be for them. he took the bull by the hor
l. and boldly stated to the court that h
witnesses necessary to make out the ca
IFS of the commonwealth had aed the juri
ne diotion, when In reality 1t was the defen
b. ant himself who had "gono west" al
the witnesses in the case were sitting
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18
IInr Annl.

A dog belonging to DR.. Baker, residing
at Orange aud Lime streets, which showed
signs of hydrophoba, was shot this FORE
noon.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

Dlripg Mayor Staufw'S administration
not one cent pf principal irdS Pu uto The
sinking ttg,i. -ErdmiRCr Of cGturadH
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

Duing Mayor StUuTtr's admhiStru-
ton not one cent OF principal mas put
into the sinking fund.- -Eraminer Of Sat.
ilrldiJ
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

Dmtng Mayor Sta,gtrs administration
not one cent OF principal Wds put into
he sinking tlmd,-ELamtner of EattT.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18
Death ia the FIam ss,

4 lire occurred at Prescott, ArzOna,
Saturday morning which destroyed an
entire block, comprising several stores,
saloons and law offices 5. Y. Holmes,
proprietor of the Daily Miner, attempted to
save some valuable papers and was burned
TO death. A woman named Kitty Purcell
rescued q child from the flames at the
risk of her life. This was the most disas.
trous fire that ever occurred there aud in
order to save the town several buildings
were blown up. The loss IS not known.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

HENRY WATTERsoN wants an exclusive
copyright of twenty four hours on news
specials. The country wants Henry TO
give it heightened period Of rest.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

BIsMARCK's latest conduct shows him to
be the prince Of continental hogs, and his
hostility to the American porker is there
fore in exceeding bad taste.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

DEMOCRATIC administration of the
mayors office in six years and half re.
duced the city debt 100000 Repubi
can administration in four years had
increased the city debt 100000. A vote
for McMullen is vote to keep on in the
good way ; a vote for Rosenmiller is q
vote to return TO the old and evil ways.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

THERE'S many slip 'twixt the cup and
the lip. Buck Leibley's programme to be
mayors clerk will fail. The people will
elect McMullen mayor.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

VArLrrNG ambition oyerlesps itself,
Jimmy Doeber will never be lookup
keeper The people will vote for Nc
Mullen for mayor.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-18

EXAMINE your ballot carefully before
voting and see that every name on the
ticket in your ward corresponds with
the correct ticket as printed in this even
ing's INTELLIGENCER.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-10
He couldn,t Be Bribed.

=
'eThats cool fellow said an uptown manu-
facturer, pointing across Chestnut street, where
Colonel Ludlow, the chief of the water depart
mont, was waiting for car. Let me tell you
something which happened few days ago to a
friend of mine, whose large establishment con-
sumes great deal of water, and who has FREE
He recently visited the chiefs Office and found
Colonel Ludlow, as usual, very polite. My
friend, before preferrng all his requests, took a
$50 bank bill from his pocket and passed it over
to the chief, who spread it upon the desk before
him. He did not utter word at the moment
but when his visitor was about to go away, said:
Now, my dear sir. what is this for" holding
up the bill
Obi that's to buy cigars for the boys was
the careless reply
g Yes said Colonel Ludlow then suppose
that you are fond of the weed yourself
MY friend said that he enjoyed nothing bet
ter thar good cigar,
g Then allow me- said the Colonel, suavely
to insist upon your trying one of these taking
down box of Henry Clay Specials.
With a careless gesture Colonel Ludlow
rolled up the $50 bill into paper lighter and
and slowly lit his own cigar. This done, the
Colonel turned with an easy and polite motion
and said: Permit me- and held the blazing bill
under the nose of my amazed and startled
friend, whose eyes had now become almost as
big as dinner plates With two or three gasping
inhalations he managed to get light. He kept
his eyes upon the bill until it burned to the very
fingers which held it. My friend gets purple in
the face every time he thinks of the affair and
confded it to me simply to warn me how to be-
have myself at the water department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-10

to group of Arthur men, who had lost inter
est in proceedings, and were gathered in his
room for the comfort of being together II was
graduate of Harvard law school, and had a
good deal Of conceit, besides a perfectly good
case. When my senior warned me that would
have to meet Johnny Wood / laughed at him.
The suit was before justice of the peace. We
made out our case, and Woods client the plant
if, made out none worth speaking of atall When
Johnny Wood arose to speak ne rehearsed the
evidence impartially, and ttnen, taking up a book
read the law-such law as had never heard Of
but which fitted his case to nicely. When we
got through said, Mr. Wood, will you allow
me to see that statute pleased
Certainly sir he replied handing me the
book closed
" All, thank you; but what page is it onF
What page, he cried Indignantly. Don'tex-
pect me to coach you, young man. Find your
own law, - you found mine
sOf course I couldn't find it, but Johnny had
the laugh and the court with him, and lost my
Wood had made up out Of his head just as he
spun it out
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-10
Minor Notes.

VIM. Klein, forty five years old, stone-cutter at
New Albany has been arrested for incest with six
teenyearold daughter.
John Furgason, wellknown colored man of
Greensburg fell in a fit at the Diamond House on
Tuesday and died in twenty minutes zoE
Anthony Connolly, of New Albany a brakeman on
the j. NJ. 81 road kill on the Ohio river bridge
being run over by the train, on Tuesday. al
Isham Robinson, colored man, working in field
near Evansville, while carrying sack of wheat
dropped dead from rupture Of blood vessel.
A New Albany colored boy named Cole was
holding fish hook in his mouth on Tuesday when
imbedded in the tongue from which it was afterward
removed by surgeon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-10
Brief Mention.


The attendance at the national prohibition camp
meeting, at Decatur, has been much smaller than
pected The receipts Of the entire meeting have been
only 81 200; the expenses over 81 600 The orators
were paid sums ranging from $40 to 500 each
John LARSEN, farmer residing near Sweetwater,
while driving team attached to the reapet1 was
thrown from the machine the horses having be-
come frightened. The machine passedw over
him. severing his right ARM his injuries causing death
a few hours afterward.
Steve Culbrath, serving twelve years sentence at
Chester prison. from Williamson county, for burglary
and arson hung himself from the door Of his cell In
the solitary Monday night, but was found sus-
suspended before life extinct, and cut down.
This is the fourth unsuccessful attempt he has made
since entering The penitentiary. He is regarded
halfwitted.
Stephen Greenwich resident of Grand Tower. has
for time past been paying attention to young
lady living at the Bluff greatly to the dissatisfaction
of her stepbrother, William Donovan. On Monday
Greenwel made visit to the young ladys residence,
and while returning to the depot met by Donovan
and the two Younger brothers, Harry and Ed, all
armed with guns. After some quarreling, Ed, the
youngest leveled his rifle and fired at Greenwich the
ball entering reenwelrs stomach and passing entirely
through his body. He was brought here, and is now
lying In critical condition at the home Of his parents.
The Yougers and Donovan made their escape and they
are still at large.