Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-12
JOHN STROHM'S DEATH.


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on ,Sra., s oo"s.r'useu a @ ,nsc ruIton; ms
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~. Su's, ,a ,,ou On .no soyase 20 hmerioa, ana
sa,,,.a ~ s,r..h,a. ' "uu uSusnsor
~S.,, ssssu ~ ns'vu's. Unp oI tnese ooys
nv Sam,.h.o no kn =" m'uIooo uaa,lo1 sae
monte church and aunt oS that Jnh, Hsrr
who became the founder of the New Man
nonites. The nartjes 10 this nn,or -.
the PARENTS of .John Str,hm U;s eatbar
was one of the frat Germans 20 settia IN
the extreme lower end of I, J,,nrastsr countv
having bought "Wood's m,II.n near
Peach Bottom. and removed there before
| John was born. Tho father was a man N
Intelligence aud with q high apprecatiOn
of the advantages of eduoation. eomhined
with a special fondness for bis anos..,a,
tongue. Desiring that bis son sS"nId
know the German lapguapc and inasmroh
as there was 20 German sebool amons tho
Ouakers and Ssotcb I-isb nredom,na,;no
| in that community. he sent tbs lad when
| be was nine YEARS old 20 Onarrswius 20
board with his unole Witmsr and
attend n school there which .as
supported by the neipbbors among vbom
the teacher s.boarded around. - Far sevsn
years he attended school regularly eyery
winter and worked on ths farm An tha
summer. A. tho ACE Of n;na,.an hs
started teaohjny a school of thirty NJ t,r,v
| scholars AZ old s,Nt Unl,v - a mia nor.S
| east ~ Ou,rryyiIla H., s,h.a.,s.s1.
tau pht school In L,,mpster. tat;ns h;sb
| rank ma An instructor in those davs fron,
his profioennv in the eIementa,u hranchas
prnIIc ITr.Ips
| III. , =,
III. ;n.sn.'., iasitY ssou ~ 'stu,'ng l aIu
n,s iu.esl"y, in'el,isenuo hnd pubic
spns int Mauo MN W. ,n"n % marx anolg
,,,;ns, raa., ~ @ :. .a .souio ',aH
favor amon~ the element of nonnia,ion Of
whom Stro6m was a representatiye man
ard whose confidence bs epioved To a hiob
degree. The orednIous GeIman ssc.s we're
easily enlisted In the proscriptiye poIiey of
the opposition TO Masonry tho de.
clinipp Federalists siezed unnn tbs
prevailing popular feeling to re.
viye their collapsed marty, and
Theodore Fsun's spriyhtly paper and his
blood curdling lecturers fanped the local
sentiment into such n frenzy that lodges
were closed and members disowned the
order the wave reached it's flood in the
election of Ritner as governor. John
|
apti-Masops than of their prinojnles He
belonged to no srch radical type as their
leaders, aud 1t was one OF the acci-
| dents of politics that made his
neighbors chose him their reprgsentativs
as a candidate for Assembly on the anti.
Masonic ticket in 1881. He was elected.
first went TO Harrisburg In Deosmber of
that wear and was reelsnted 10 two suc,as :,
alive terms. He was aocordad snoh
, general respect from his eolleagnes an veil
= ss his constituents that Will, be inc,rrad
the least possible epmity from hi, political
/ opnonents hs never BETRAYED the nrinoin,es
a nor forfeited the Confidence of his friends
. IN THE LEeIsLAruRE.
N.
4 affairs his nrao,;oai 10 s.; ,ol PuUc I,,,
. cent atto,t;on ~ nasai", Ia. auu uti,- N
3 stn5;ons bsh;,. 5 in 'S,,., uu,s, nls
: strenotbs,ad hT .hn-Ls 1ts iI1toi.isen9o, .S
RibIe tba na,oSnonor. 81 ttS . VI sao
ard wo,Ls ,han go -. 'no @ 40" 'sanu-
household and his s,arn - ir,aoai,yy LAY ors,y @
D bined RI maLa h;,e nIoI ,.;,,s isy, oon :.
: after thres vaara 81 oo,,inra,, 'os su,;sa J.. >
the Honse be r,as s,sntaJ - .'. So.so' .o nt ~
four vears dnra,;on sach T., ,ha Ssu,tn' VI
0 As chairman NJ the ;mnorient nou,
a mittees On roa5s and hr;Tnas cd ~ =,
: claims. bv his ;rtsrast in ,h. ,,uh,;a ~,
works ~ tba sta,a hu h;s d @ puSno
ment and ;mnart;a,;,v ,s snoaIer *
Sena.e q, tsaoNno .nna.I han;n 49,
. taLen from, his rrI;n, b. ~. aas..;o..
D amid the msmorahia n,ri;sam ~ m.duaas So1 os
the { BncLshot Wa :, ho nrnvsd h;,"saIs "
a oonscrvat;vs nr,c,;,,i ,p.i,'h. "a .,"n
ful representatiys oc b;s nennia GA" A. u .%.
. same time he provoked and fsar,es"iv
braved the vindictiva rasa,tnnant -
Thadjeus Stevens and Iis radical onn,sr, "
, norariea thew nourad ahusa nno,,
Strohmnas thsv spbseonsnt,v d;d pon upou
t Iinooln-hecanss ba rotnsad - nsr.;st tEu ~
the Ja.nara,a contest ,.b;ob tha AZ p' p'ada ~ ~
exc,uds the Dsmo,ra,s Tron, ,h:;- Iaws.,.u =
l sscnrsJ controi Of tha sta,a onuasn,n,
= In isas ~ ~ 'A' ''"'o h''o'AAo"'
n everv otbar ao. NJ h;s ,rh,;,
r o,rsar a.. 70 ha ca,to Inh, spI po
!. shonIa ha ba,5 ~ .taS'I ounn M os,ouu, s'l y
monvealth for his cnrrse i'm tSa ~ 49, .te