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INDEPENDENT AND PROGRESSIVE
LANCASTER CITY, PA.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1889
Economy, Retrenchment, Faithful Collection
Of the Revenue and Payment of the Public
Debt-6n A N T.
OUR BANNER!
REPUBLICAN STATE NOMINATIONS.
For tloyernor,
GEN. JOAN W. GEARY.
For Judge of the Supreme Court,
HON. HENRY W. WILLIAMS,
or ALLEGHENY CCECNTY
1869.
FATHER ABRAHAM!
FOR TILE CAMPAIGN
FOR GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA!
PIT SCHWEFFLEBRENNER, ESQ.:
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test in 1868, will be especially devoted to the
same cause in 1669, by a vigorous and cordial
support of the Republican candidates for Go
vernor and Judge of the Supreme Court.
The popular and highly amusing letters of
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THE REPUBLICAN STXTE CONTENTION.
The Sominations.
The Republican State Convention as
sembled in Concert hail. Philadelphia, on
Wednesday last. In consequence of being
compelled to go to press at an early hour
on Thursday morning so as to get our large
edition into the mails in proper time, we
are unable to give the ! proceedings this
week, further than to say that Iron. James
L. Graham, of Pittsburg, presided, and
that JOHN W. GLARY was nominated for
re-election, he having received 122 of the
133 votes cast. The Lancaster county
delegation divided, Messrs. Strohm,
Shrik and Kinzer voting for Geary, and
Messrs. Franklin, Rutter, and Kauffman
for Gen. George G. Meade. Ifon. HENRY
W. WILLIAMS, of Pittsburg, was nom
inated for Supreme Judge by acclamation.
We raise the names of the nominees to
the head of our columns, and shall do all
we can to promote their triumphant elec
tion. There can be no doubt of success
if our friends will rally to the support of
the ticket. Then "Ur GUADS, AND AT
THEM
RICH !
The ex-candidate for Congress of the
Lancaster Inluirce, calls somebody au
"empty-headed nincompoop 1 ,, "Did
you ever !"
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON
SCHOOLS.
Henry liouck, Esq., of Lebanon cotinty,
has been appointed Deputy Superintend
ent of Common Schools by Superintendent
Wickersham, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the death of the late Charles H.
Coburn. Mr. Houck has held the position
of clerk in the department for sonic time,
and is therefore well acquainted with the
duties of the office. The vacancy, caused
by Mr. H.'s promotion, will be filled tem
porarily by Mr. Amos Row, of Lancaster.
A NEW MOVEMENT.
John Moriarty, President of the Irish
Republican Association of Pennsylvania,
has issued an address calling on the Irish
men in the State who favor universal suf
frage, protection to American industry,
and the liberation of Ireland, to meet in
each Congressional district and elect one
delegate and an alternate to attend the
Irish Republican Convention which takes
place in Chicago on the 4th of July. .The
address states that the position taken by
Senator Sumner deserves the support of
all true Irishmen, and that a vast majority
of the Irish citizens will ally themselves
with the Republican party for the practi
cal enforcement of his policy and views.
or We call attention to the advertise
ment of the Pittsburg Commercial in this
paper. It is one of the best Republican
newspapers in the country, and is a terror
to evil-doers of all parties.
A cotemporary well says that "Demo
crats " raise a great howl about taxes, but
in every city, county or State where they
have the rule the taxes are enormous.
Take :New York City, for example. There
the local taxes are almost unbearable, and
enormous prices for real estate and rents
are the consequence. In the Democratic
State of Maryland the taxes are becoming
so onerous that bums there will soon he
worth little or nothing. In the Democratic
counties of our own State the county taxes
are nearly twice as high as in Republican
counties. In Pennsylvania under Repub
lican rule, real estate is entirely free from
State taxes. These are facts for the tax
payers to ponder upon. Our State was
never so well governed as it is at present.
IT WON'T WORK.
Some of the Democrats are now trying
to get Gen. Hancock on the track as their
candidate for Governor. With him they
hope to divert attention from their un
patriotic record. But it is a hope which
neither human nature nor past experience
warrants them in entertaining. As soon
as a soldier throws himself into the arms
of those who were willing the nation
should be destroyed, he loses his prestige.
This has been practically proven, over
and over again. McClellan for President
and Slocum for Secretary of State of New
York are conspicuous instances. The
Democratic party, by no shift or trick,
can ever blot out from the memory of
Americans its traitorous conduct during
the rebellion.
1869.
" You mar break, you may ruin the vase, if cou
will,
But the scent of the retie/ will hang 'sound it
STATE TREASURER.
The Columbia Spy calls attention to the
fact that for many years past our State
Treasurers have been in the habit of loan
ing out the money of the State, and real
izing thereon a per centage, and also that
this is the reason why the office is so much
sought for. Now,• if this be true, the
State Treasurer incurs a fearful responsi
bility, for on page 128 of Purdon's Digest,
of IS6I, section 70, it is set forth as the
law of the land that, "if any officer of
this Commonwealth shall loan out, with or
lcitleovt iithrtst, as return therefbr, any
money or valuable security re wived by
him, or which may be in his possession or
under his control by virtue of his office,
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in
office, and on conviction, be sentenced to
pay a tine not exceeding $lOOO, and under
go an imprisonment, by separate or soli
tary confinement, at labor, not exceeding
five years, and if still in iqtice he adjudged
thereafter incapable of exercising the
same, and the said office shall Le forthwith
declared vacant by the Court passing the
sentence." If any man knows of any
State Treasurer who has heretofore, or is
now, violating the provisions of this law,
let him report the fact, so that measures
may be adopted to bring him to punish
ment.
If guilty, he is no better than any
other culprit, and has no right to any '
more indulgence.
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STATE ECONOMY.
We beg leave to advise our Republican
friends throughout the State, to select for
the Legislature men who will advocate the
amendment to the Appropriation Bill of
last session, proposed by Mr. Billingfelt,
for the prepayment of the State debt and
the saving of all the State money that can
be properly done. There is no reason
that our State Treasurer shot* have two
millions and more of dollars under his
control, with which he may speculate, or
buy a re-election. We have known men
to go into that office very poor and come
out very rich, on a salary of not more than
eighteen hundred dollars, and be able to
control the operations of the Legislature
as he pleases. Of course, there was some
splendid financiering about it, but the fi
nanciering might as well have been done for
the benefit of the State. It would have
been a little more respectable. Our Coun
ty Treasurers used to financier too, very
elegantly, by first borrowing money that
the wants of the county did not require,
and getting a per centage on all that was
borrowed and all that was paid out, and
four per cent. on all they could lend, and
then while the county was borrowing
money at six per cent., the Treasurer was
very snugly realizing four per cent., be
sides a per centage for receiving and pay •
ing out. Snug, wasn't it? Now, if peo
ple are so very ingenious and shrewd in
tinanciering for themselves, why could
they not be induced to spend some of their
ability in behalf of the State or county
whose funds they have control of? it
would certainly be more satisfactory to
tax payers.—Columbia Spy, June 17.
" For Radicalism in Pennsylvania the
signs of the times certainly are not Inv
pitious. Thegood people of the old key
stone want a change, and they are deter
mined to have it.' 7 —La neaster Intelligences.
Ever since Fulton county spewed out of
its limits the blackguard who controls the
columns of the Litelligericer, he has been
making just such predictions as the above.
Lincoln would certainly be beaten in 1864,
Geary in 1866 and Grant in 1868. Look
at the result. The fellow has as little re
gard for his reputation as a prophet, as he
has for his character for truth and decency.
" You had only to call a man a "rebel' ,
during the war, to insure his being locked
up.”—Lancaster Intelliyertar.
If justice had been done, such cowardly
rebel whelps as you are would be looking
through iron bars to-day.
" So rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law."
TAXATION.
DEFUNCT PATRIOTISM.
If genuine patriotism ever did exist in
the Democratic heart, it seems to have
utterly died out there, and in its stead
left a feulim , of bitterness which is a near
kin to hatred of country and treason to
govermnent. A Democratic paper in
Delaware having expressed in very acrid
terfiN a contempt for our government,
admininistered under Republican auspices,
the Wihnhwton Ow/ wercia/ administers
a just rebuke. Now, what's the matter
with these lachrymose old political cheats
(it asks) that they should be first hyping
for a slavery rebellion; and then hoping
the rebels would succeed in it; and ken
crying because they didn't; and
hoping England will whip us in a new
war? Simply, these men have two causes
tbr the condition which they thus admit—
that they do not find it possible to feel
anything but contempt for their govern
ment. Their reasons are:
1. Their inborn, inbred, aristocracy,
and hatred for human rights. The nation
is becoming Democratic; therefore they
hate it.
2. Their party is out of office. When
they ran the government, and all their
families could be supported out of the
public treasury, they liked it well enough.
Now that the Republican party runs the
machine, they not only hate the engineers,
but have only contempt Ibr the engine it
self.
In truth, the government and the coun
try can endure their dislike better than it
can allbrd to turn towards their smiles.
Let them knave the file or sting them
selves; nobody need mark their absent
love, except to rejoice.
t Miter Abrallanfo titipo.
Onto will not allow cousins to marry.
THEY are using flour made from new
wheat in Augusta, Georgia.
A ENTLEM AN died in Chicago last
week har•in life insurance policies to the
amount of S,qsU,ts)o.
KAssAs City has: a young lady som
nambulist Ivlio takes midnight drives iu
her night-clothes.
They have at Portland, Me., a Widows'
Wood society. Who ever heard of a
widow that wouldn't?
JosErn FEtterrsoN, colored, has been
made a doctor of medicine by the Detroit
Medical College.
IT is said the Valley of Virginia will
yield five million bushels of wheat this
year.
Jeux C. 1311EcK1muDGE, the traitor,
has gone to Wisconsin, where he is an ex
tensive land owner.
No less than twenty-four persons have
"mysteriously - disappeared " from New
York during the past two weeks. One of
these a young lady of beauty and wealth.
BEAUTIFUL was the reply of a venera
ble man to the question, whether he was
still in the land of the living: "No, but I
am almost there.''
SAID a very old man, "Some folks al
ways complain of the weather, but I am
very thankful when I wake up in the
morning to find any weather at all."
A MAN in Chicago killed himself the
other day in order that his wife and family
might get his life insurance money and
thus be saved from starvation.
THE grasshoppers which last year in
fested the lower part of Huron county,
Ohio, have reappeared and seriously
threaten the crops.
TIIE champion old gentleman of Ohio
is a clergyman of the town of Washing
ton, who, at the age of 106, preaches a ser
mon every Sunday, and walks five miles
there and back to his home.
DURING seven days in the mouth of
June 10,978 immigrants from Europe ar
rived at New York. The total number
for five months of the present year is
102 562.
A GENTLEMAN who recently travelled
over a western railroad declared his opin
ion that it is the safest road in the coun
try, as the superintendent keeps a boy
running ahead of the train to drive off the
cows and sheep.
ANY business is more respectable than
what is termed loafing. A young man
had better sell soft soap by the pailful than
hang around public places, murdering
time and his own reputation.
Is Fayette c3unty, Pa., is au apple tree
which was planted in 1772, four years
before the Revolution. It is said to be still
in good condition. Forty bushels of tip
ples is its average yield each season.
"Woodman, spare that tree."
JUDGE BLATCHFORD, of New York,
has rendered a decision sustaining the ac
tion of President Grant in revoking the
pardons issued ti the whiskey thieves,
Jacob and Moses Dupuy, of New York,
by Andrew .Johnson.
A MAJORITY of the Judges of the Su
preme Court of Georgia have decided that
negroes are eligible to hold offices. It did
not make much matter which way they
decided as the General Government had
already settled the issue.
TILE grain market has been extremely
dull for a long time and prices still remain
nearly stationary at low figures. Wheat
is now lower than for several years, but
we presume has about reached bottom.
The wheat crop everywhere is flourishing,
and there is little hope of the price becom
ing much higher.
THE reduction of the clerical force of
the several departments has had a visible
effect on the business of Washington. It
is estimated that, including the families
of the discharged clerks, over three thou
sand persons have left the city (luring the
past two months. One church has lost
fifty members of its congregation for the
same reason.
TILE Supreme Court of New York has
decided that if a passenger on a railway
train cannot rind a seat, and gets injured
while standing, in consequence, upon the
platform, he is not to be blamed for the
negligence; but that the neglect is to be
imputed to the conductor, and that the
road is therefore liable. It is the conduc
tor's business to rind a seat forevery pas
senger,and not the passenger's business to
look for one. The decision is a righteous
one. and it ought to be held to by all the
courts of the country.
HENRY WARD BERCIIRR, in one of his
discourses, said that "some men will not
shave on Sunday, and yet they spend all
the week in shaving' their fellow men;
and many focls think it very wicked to
black their boots on Sunday morning, yet
they do not hesitate to blacken their neigh
bor's reputation on week days."
TwENTr-Forit Mates, including Indi
ana, have ratified the Fifteenth Amend
ment. Vermont will, beyond all doubt,
follow the good example. Mississippi,
Texas and Virginia will be admitted into
the Union on its adoption, and thus the
full three iburths of States requisite to
finally adopt the amendment are obtained.
THERE are in running order, in the
State of Pennsylvania, 4,397 miles of rail
road, and 540 additional miles are pro
'jected. This exceeds auy State in the
Union, the next one being Illinois, where
3,439 miles of road are completed, and
1,122 projected. The State of Ohio comes
third, and New York fourth on the list.
TltE tents which General Grant directed
to be supplied for the accommodation of
the citizen soldiery who may attend the
dedication of the national monument, at
Geth•sburg, on the Ist of July have ar
rived. David Wills, the president of the
Soldiers' National Cemetery, who has
charge of the ceremonies, will pitch these
tents in the historic grove in which Gen
eral Reynolds Mi.
DIE Norwich (Connecticut) :MartiAr
relates that a traveler named A. B. Mitch
ell, residing in Sherman, passed through
that city a Jew days ago on his way to
Newport, who had traveled eleven thou
sand miles in thirty-seven days. He was
only six days and twenty hours from San
Francisco, twenty-six days from Japan;
on his way he bought live hundred buffalo
hides, by way of speculation, to be for
warded to his address.
Watertown, Wisconsin, there is a
boy thirteen years of age, who out-does
Tom Thumb—even in Tom'sfortc—little
ness. Ile is twenty-nine and a half inches
in height and weighs unly eighteen pounds.
When seven months old he was as large as
children at that age ordinarily are, hut
from that time he ceased to grow, and has
gained only two pounds in weight in twelve
years. Ile has one club toot and no
thumbs, but uses his forefingers as thumbs,
and is bri!it and active.
STATE NEWS.
CouNTy.—The " Red Mac' of
York arc goin! , to hold a festival at the
Fair Ground on the evening of the 16th
and 17th of July The house of Michael
Hartman, in Loganville, was entered by
burglars on the night of the 10th inst. and
robbed of a lot of clothing Samuel
Mathews, of York, employed as an agent
on Messrs. White & Co's. Freight line, was
struck on the head by a bridge across the
Pennsylvania Railroad, near Philadelphia,
recently and very seriously injured The
Gazette says the Methodists of York are
considering the propriety of raising another
story on their church, so that the first
floor may be used for a Sunday School; the
Episcopals of the borough will erect a new
Sunday School building ; the basement of
the Fourth Lutheran church has been re
fitted, frescoed and painted ; the Third
(Zion) Lutheran church congregation con
template an enlargement of their building,
and the Evangelical Association have also
beautified their building and improved the
grounds surrounding it I Taymaking has
commenced in Henan' township.
Selwyn:lLL CouNTY—Gleanings from
the Journal.—The Clay Monument
Grounds at Pottsville are to be converted
into a public park On Monday night,
last week, au attack was made o t the
house of one of the bosses employed by
Messrs. S. M. lleaton & Co., at Raven
Run. Stones were thrown and shots tired
into the house, but nobody hurt Win.
Thomas was accidentally killed in a
Tamauqua Tavern by Condy Boner,
with
whom he was wrestling. The latter threw
deceased over his shoulder awl his head
struck the floor, which caused death
Preparations are being made at Pottsville
for a general celebration of the 4th. in
which the Firemen and the various Lodges
and societies will be representrd On
Tuesday night last week lklr. Elias John
son, of St. Clair, employed by Messrs. Lee
& •wen, at Mahanoy city, was instantly
killed by falling down a shaft one hundred
and fifty feet Isaac Mason, of Silliman's
Patch, was arrested on a charge of com
mitting au outrage upon a young woman
aged 19 years The new A. M. E.
Church at Pottsville will be dedicated on
next Sunday On Sunday afternoon as
Dr. Charles T. Palmer, of Pottsville, was
returning from a professional visit to
Father Reynolds, residing in New Phila.,
and was being driven by a young man in'
the employ of the priest, two men rushed
out on the road, and stopped the carriage.
One seized the horse's head, while the
other remained in the rear of the vehicle.
No sooner, however, (lid the fellow who
had seized the horse, observe the priest's
employee, with whom he was acquainted,
than he changed his tactics at once. He
let go of the horse's head, and inquired in
a friendly manner the way to New Phila
delphia, a mere subterfuge, however, for
the driver told the Doctor afterwards when
h inquired what the fellow meant by the
action, that he knew well enough where
New Philadelphia was. The men then
permitted the carriage to pass on. It was
an attempt to perpetrate a highway rob
bery, and the only thing that saved the
Doctor, was the fact of the presence with
him of the priest's young man!
BRIMS COUNTY. -A recent strike
among Vie laborers on the Colebrookdale
Railroad proved unsuccessful. They went
to work the other day, at the old rates of
wages—sl.7s per day Bricks in Read
ing now sell at $0.5048 per 1000 John
Baker, a brakeman on the Lebanon Valley
Railroad, residing in Reading, fell oft the
cars on Monday last a week and broke his
arm ..... The track of the Colebrookdale
Railroad is now laid 3} miles out from
Pottstown At the laying of the corner
stone of the new M. E. Church, at Potts
town, the handsome sum of $2,608.8.5 was
collected The old City Hail, sth and
Franklin streets, Reading, has been de
molished, and the new and more extensive
edifice will be put up forthwith. To foot
the bill a loan is called for by the city
fathers John K. Smith, Esq., for over
a year employed as local reporter for the
Daily Rule, has relinquished the situa
tion, and is succeeded by Charles N.
Nicholson, Esq., a gentleman in every re
spect well qualified.
TRIP TO THE WI NT AND RETURN
JOTTINGS BY THE WAY.
NO. HI.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 14, 1809.
No one can visit the growing cities of the
west, and particularly Kansas City, Mo., with
out being impressed with the industry and
thrift displayed on all sides by its inhabitants.
Peopled as it is, in a great part, by Eastern
men, who have left home and friends, and
suffered many self denials by emigrating to
these western wilds to make their fortunes, all
have an eye single to business, and make
every wish and desire subservient to the one
great object—getting rich, and that, too, as
speedily as possible ; in which event many
entertain the hope of returning east and re
tiring front active business pursuits. We
were here pleased to meet, among other
friends, lion. George W. Householder, a for
mer member of the Pennsylvania Senate, from
the Bedford district. At the expiration of
his Senatorial term, three years ago, he es
tablished The Kansas City Bulletin, a daily
paper, which has steadily grown in influence,
and become quite remunerative to the pub
lisher. His many friends East will also be
pleased to learn of his successful speculations
in real estate, which, with the revenue de
rived from the paper, has returned him a good
share of this world's possessions. A great in
terest is felt here in the Sabbath School cause.
We were present at an entertainment given
by the school connected with the Southern
M. E. Church, and were surprised and de
lighted at the proficiency attained in singing
as well as at the perfect manner the little four
and six year olds had committed to memory
and recited their several pieces. We have
yet to witness a more pleasing and interesting
Sunday School entertainment anywhere. The
following day, by invitation, we accompanied
the Northern M. E. School on a pic-nic ex
cursion, by steamer, up the muddy Missouri
to Wyandotte, Kansas, and a delightful time,
too, we had. On the grounds we were joined
by schools of the same denomination from
Leavenworth City and Wyandotte, the three
numbering in all not less than nine hundred.
All unnecessary reserve was laid aside, and a
merry and happy time was enjoyed by all.
On Sunday afternoon we visited the Lutheran
Sabbath School, of which our friend C. R.
Coleman is Superintendent. It was establish
ed but a year or two ago, and its growth has
been surprising. If the interest at present
manifested continues unabated, it will not be
long before it will fully number the older ones
of the other denominations.
"MILL) ;Iv mon."
MOM
CINCINNATI, Oktro, Judie 16, 18119
On the evening of the 14th, we took the cars
at Harlem, opposite Kansas City, on the North
Missouri road, bound eastward. The day had
been very clear and bright, and the view of
the sunset on the prairies was really enchant
ing. We took a berth in the sleeping car soon
after sundown, and reached St. Louis, the
metropolis i the State, early next morning.
We stopped off here mainly to visit Shaw's
Botanical Garden, which, on account of the
inclement weather, we failed to do during our
former stay there. It lies about one mile
southwest of the city limits, adjoining the
grounds of the county Poor I louse, and, with
the park, occupies forty acres of ground, beau
tifully laid out in walks, with shrubbery,
evergreens of all kinds and flowers in endless
variety. A large hot house is erected in the
centre containing rare plants from the Eastern
countries and elsewhere. But no attempted
description can do it justice. It is really mag
' nificent—an earthly Paradise—and of itself
would well repay a visit to St. Louis. We
had almost neglected to mention that it is al
together an individual enterprise, owned and
managed by Mr. Henry Shaw, now over eighty
years of age. The public are permitted to
visit the garden at pleasure, but a strict sur
veillance is kept over all their movements.
On our route to Cincinnati, over the Ohio
and Mississippi road, we passed through the
beautiful and highly cultivated prairie coun
try of Southern Illinois and the timber lands
of Southern Indiana. The crops, excepting the
corn, look very promising, more so than in the
northern part of the State. Immense fields
of wheat, covering hundreds of acres, lie on
either side of the road and promise au abun
dant yield. The woodland of Southern In
, diana u too, must be valuable. The best qual
ities o' walnut are found there. At Aurora,
Indiana, we struck the Ohio river—not so
muddy as the Missouri but by no means clear
—anti followed it thence a distance of twenty
six miles to Cincinnati. The Queen City is
situated in a beautiful valley with the Ohio
river and Kentucky hills on the south anti
east anti the Ohio hills on the west and north.
It claims a population of 200,000 and vies with
St. Louis in its manufacturing and commer
cial enterprises. We have spent quite a
pleasant time here in the company of Mr.
Theo. A. Beard, whose acquaintance we form
ed
in the cars from St. Louis, and to whom
we feel especially indebted for the many kind
attentions shown us. Together we visited the
different places of interest—the post office,
court house, Lincoln Park, shating rink, etc.
—and also the town of Covington, Ky., di
rectly opposite. We start to-night over the Pail
Handle route for Pittsburg, thence over the
Pennsylvania Central to Lancaster, the gar
den spot of the State, if not of the country.
Everywhere through the west the people
are alive to the interests of trade and the con
sequent development of the country. The
construction of railroad lines in all directious,
with the remarkable industry, perseverance
and tact displayed by the people in all the
various branches of trade, and their love of
country, augur well for even the more rapid
growth, future welfare and prosperity not
only of the west but of the entire country. ,
Immigration, too, continues on the increase,
anti this, also, is auspicious. And just here
permit us to venture a little advice to any of
our young friends of the East—in the language
of Nasby " of whom I ant which "—who
think of locating in the west. If you are in
but moderate circumstances at home and have
positions paying from six hundred to eight
hundred dollars per year, and are not quite
certain of a better opening there, by all means
stay where you are. The west is already
overstocked with young men who have left
good homes and positions and gone there in
the hope of bettering their conditions linen
chilly, but who, failing to secure employment,
soon are without means, are unable to return
to their homes, are required to work at some
menial labor, or loaf about town, find wicked
associates, take to drink and fall. If, how
ever, you can command a small capital, say
two or three thousand dollars, go iceet, not
stopping this side of Kansas City (and the
further west of that you go the better) and
there is quite a chance for profitable invest
ment. Then, if you bide your time, attend
closely to business, leave off any bad habits
you may already possess,
and acquire no new
ones, you will very soon become rich. Slug
gards are not tolerated there, but evince a
disposition to get along, and you will find
helping hands stretched out to aid you.
The following interesting incident was re
lated to us during our stay in St. Louis, which
we think, worthy of mention: We called on a
distinguished ex-General in the rebel army, to
whom we are distantly related and who we
had never before met. We spent several
hours in pleasant conversation with him, found
him a genial, warm-hearted gentleman and
withal a great admirer, personally, of Gen.
Grant. He stated that shortly before the war
and after Grant had left the army, while stop
ping at the St. Nicholas Hotel, St. Louis, being
then a captain in the U.S. Service, Capt. U. S.
(as Grant was known in the army) passed
the hotel at about dinner time, shabbily
dressed, having just disposed of a load of
wood in the St. Louis market. Being inti
mately acquainted with Grant when he was
in the army, and liking him, be hailed
him and requested his company at dinner,
which kind invitation was accepted. The
guests were surprised at the shabby appear
ance of the man, and the more so at the said
gallant captain when they heard he was his
guest. They parted after a friendly "good
bye." The next time they met was under
quite different circumstances. Soon the war
of the rebellion broke out and the sympathies
of the then captain fleing with the South, he
allied himself with their cause, entered the
rebel army, soon rose to the rank of Gen
eral, and was in command at Port Hudson
for a time, and taken prisoner at its cap
ture. While being conveyed by boat up the
Mississippi, General Grant hearing of his
whereabouts, and doubtless remembering the
little kindness shown him when a poor team
ster, visited him in his state room where he
was lying very ill. He inquired what assis
tance he could render. He expressed a desire
to be landed as soon as possible, on account
of illness, and that his sister and niece, with
him when taken prisoner and who were on
board the steamer, might be sent to their
home at Little Rock, Arkansas, as soon as
possible. Both requests were complied with
—the rebel general was sent to New York,
and afterwards paroled and detailed to take
charge of rebel supplies, and the sister and
niece furnished transportation to their home.
Thus the shabbily dressed teamster of 1860,
laughed and jeered at by the elite of St. Louis,
having become the General of the Union ar
mies, did not forget the one who had befriend
ed him in his day of adversity.
Our trip has been not only pleasant but pro
fitable, and made so in great part by the
many kind attentions and favors shown us by
friends and acquaintainces we met along the
route, all of whom will accept the good wishes
and kind regards of the
P. S.—AT HOME AGAlN—having reached
Lancaster at 4 P. M., Thursday, June 17,
"right side up with care." Came through
direct from Cincinnati over the route before
named in 24 hours, and have resumed our
duties at FATHER ABRAHAM office. Give
us a call.
pat gen.
JOB PRINTING.
Handbills, Cards, Bill Heads, Programmes,
Posters, &c., &c., printed in the best style and.
at reasonable rates, at the FATHER ABRA
HAM Job Printing Office. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
ITEMS: The commissioners have let the
bridge over the Chicques, near John Furry's,
to E. McMellin, for $2,900, he being the lowest
bidder. G. Swilkey obtained the contract for
a stone bridge over Conoy creek at $2,300.
The order of American Mechanics will have
a parade at Litiz, on Monday, July sth. A
new Council will be organized at that place
in the evening.
The members of the bar of this city are
holding meetings for the purpose of adopting
a fee bill—or, in other words, regulating " pet
titi)ggers."
The passenger depot building of the Pen n'a
R. R. Co., in this city, has just received a re
painting and general refitting. It presents a
very neat appearance.
The house of Mrs. Elizabeth Ehrtnan, in
Water street, between Orange and Chestnut,
this city, was entered by a burglar on Friday
night last, and while Operating in the room
occupied by Miss M. E. Huber, awoke her,
when she gave the alarm, and he jumped out
of the dormer window, and escaped. A bun
dle was afterwards found in an alley adjoin
ing the house, containing various articles of
bed clothing and mess' and \vowel's' apparel,
and a watch and chain, which the thief failed
to secure. Seine twenty or thirty dollars in
money, belonging to Mr. Joseph Selvert, was
missing, which the thief no doubt secured. It
is supposed that the thief concealed himself in
the house before it was closed for the night,
as all the windows and doors were found
closed and fastened after his escape.
Inland City Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of
this city, will celebrate their anniversary at
Litiz Springs, to-morrow.
The Methodist Sunday School of Columbia
will have a picnic at Litiz on Tuesday next.
Samuel B. Heise, of Columbia, obtained a
verdict for 815,00.1.38, on Thursday last,
against the Penn'a Railroad Company, for
land damages.
Mr. Jacob K. Rohrer, sou of John Rohrer,
of Rapho township, was drowned recently
near Greenville, Ohio. He was about 35, and
leaves a family.
Cyrus Flickinger, formerly of this county,
was drowned on the evening of the 28th of
May, in sight of his home, while crossing the
Nemeha, in Johnson county, Nebraska. He
was on his return from a visit to a friend.
A party of four gentlemen of this city,
caught in a stream in this county, on Friday
last, in three hours, sixty-nine trout, the ag
gregate weight of which was thirty-five
pounds. They won't tell where the stream is,
as they keep it for "a private snap."
John M. Rutter, of Bart township, saw a
laud tortoise, a few days ago, on the farm of
Thomas Leech, near Smyrna, with the initials
of Mr. Leech, and the date of 1820 upon the
shell. Mr. Leech is quite an old man, and
remembers the fact that he marked it 49
years ago.
The vote on the question of lay representa
tion was taken in St. Paul's M. E. Church,
this city, on Friday evening last, and resulted
in thirty-five votes in favor of the propositien,
and sixteen against it. The election in the
Duke street Church takes place this evening.
B. Frank Heise, of West Hemplield twp.,
this season raised a stalk of rye measuring
eight feet two inches, inclusive of the roots.
Dr. Thomas W. Evans, formerly of this city,
for some years a resident of Paris,
arrived in
Philadelphia a few days since with his family,
and will probably spend a portion of his time
in this city during his visit to his native land.
Two fires at Columbia on Saturday night
last ; one at the frame dwelling of Mrs. Mary
Shomair, on Front street, above Walnut, and
the other at a frame building belonging to
Win. Whipper, nearly opposite, on the river
bank, the first was discovered in time to pre
vent a destructive conflagration, by a brake
man on a train, but the other building was
consumed.
Lewis Schneider was arrested in this city
on Monday, for stealing a watch and $2B in
money from George Zimmerman, both being
boarders at Hess' tavern, in South Queen
street. Re was committed to answer, the
watch having been traced into Lis possession.
Capt. Rockafellow's battalion of Lancaster
Fenci hies will celebrate the 4th by encamping
at Litiz. They go into camp on the 11, and
remain until the 6th.
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Another free ride and sale of lots in Man
helm, took place on Monday last. Twenty
seven were disposed of at prices ranging from
$4O to :... 4 190. Only twenty remain to be sold.
Some six or seven hundred went out in the
train from this city.
A man named Joseph Herr, residing in
Lampeter Square, this county, about 60 years
of age, it is stated has not had half an hour's
continuous sleep for four years. AU efforts of
physicians have proved unavailing.
Our old friend, Alderman P. G. Ebertnan,
has leased the room adjoining FATHER
ABRAHAM office, in which lie Intends dis
pensing law and justice, and selling tobacco
and segars.
The festival for the benefit of the M. E.
Church at Safe Harbor last week was very
successful, over 8300 having been realized,
which more than defrays the debt of the con
gregation.
The first annual exhibition of the Lancaster
Park Association will be held on the sth, 6th,
7th and Bth days of October next. The Pre
mium list will amount to from $6,000 to $B,OOO.
By the way, we notice that the York True
Democrat goes after the recent "Horse Fair,"
calling the affair a " Horse Race," and saying
many naughty things about it. They don't
have any " Horse Races," at the York county
Fairs—no, indeed!
A horse in one of the Millersville omnibusses
fell down in 'West King street, on Tuesday,.
and died soon after.
"MILD JuNtoß."