LANCASTER DAILY INTELUGEJSUEll THURSDAY. APRIL 29, 1880.
Lancaster niclligetcer.
THDESDAY EVENING. APRIL 29, 1880.
Honest and Sensible.
The adjustment of Democratic con
tests at Harrisburg lias been secured in a
very simple and proper way. The plan
adopted is much better than the originally-suggested
compromise, inasmuch as it
decides the matters in dispute in the reg
ular way, by means of a hearing before
the committee en contested seats. It is
one mere illustration of the fact that it is
always better te pursue recognized and
established methods in conducting politi
cal as well as any ether business. There
is a tendency in the human mind, appar
ently, when things get into a big snarl,
te try te find some out-of-the-way and
elaborate method of disengaging them.
A simple way seems inadequate te the
occasion, because of its simplicity, but,
nevertheless, such ways are always the
best. A convention's rules will always get
it out of its troubles in the shortest time
and most effectually, if they are intelli
gently applied. In this case all that was
needed was the appointment of a com.
mittee en contest in the fairness of which
all parties would have confidence. There
ought te be this confidence felt in every
convention committee ; but unfortunate
ly the average delegate is tee strongly
tempted te decide for his faction te in.
spire much confidence in his impartiality.
Each side will generally use the power it
possesses te obtain an unfair advantage
ever the ether. Thus there seems te
have been a contest for the control of the
hall of the convention at Harrisburg, se
that the outside pressure might be made
available, and the friends of Senater
"Wallace charge that Speaker Ran
dall's friends used unfair means
te get possession of it, and that
the tickets were partially distributed.
There appears te be geed ground for this
charge. Unscrupulous persons seem te
have taken advantage of the chairman
of the state committee and te have abused
the confidence he reposed in them in en
trusting them with the control of the
hall. There is nothing se difficult te
manage satisfactorily about a convention
meeting as the matter of admission ;
and it is difficult te avoid being charged
with unfairness even when the intention
is best.
The plan which has been adopted in
organizing this convention may profitably
be copied hereafter. The chief difference
from the usual method lias been in
the selection of the committee en
contested seats and the awaiting
of their report, before any business
whatever is done. This is eminently
proper, especially when there are many
contested seats. The great aim in con
ventions of opposing factions has here
tofore been te get control of the tempo
rary organization and te pack the com
mittee en contested seats in their inter
est. If this committee, composed of an
equal number of men of each interest
and of approved judgment and impar
tiality, can be amicably arranged before
the work of the convention is begun, the
chief source of trouble and dissatisfac
tion will be avoided. The trouble, how
ever, is that men need te be compelled te
be fair ; and when a convention meets
in which the power is all one side
the minority is apt te have little respect
paid te its rights and it gees away sere ;
until after a few years of such processes,
repeated new en one side and then en
the ether, as the different ends of the see
saw conic up, the party gets into the con
dition in which our party has lately been
and the people get tired of it and bring
the leader down te a common-sense
agreement and amity such as new hails
us from Ilarrrisburg.
We trust that it will be permanent.
"We welcome the premise that it shall be
which is freely given. There is but one
reason why it should net be, and that is
the jealousy of would-be chiefs. There
is room enough in the party for all its
members te live together in peace if they
can but remember that the party was
net made for them and that their indi
vidual advancement is net the main
purpose of its being. If they remember
tee that without the party they are noth
ing, they ought te be ready te sustain it
even with their own sacrifice. If Mr.
"Wallace wants te be senator and Mr.
Randall te be speaker, the party needs te
be kept vigorous and strong for the sake
of their own ambition ; which they
knew. Mr. "Wallace is of the
mere jealous disposition of the two
men, and it has been mere of a
struggle with him te reduce himself te
subjection te the common sense declara
tion of amity which these two leaders
entered into before the e3-es of the con
ventien. Beth have valuable qualities
for leadership and each has glaring defic
iencies in this regard. Their ability te
act together for the common geed, if it
shall be demonstrated, will redound te
the credit of both and entitle them te
the regard and following of the party.
Otherwise they will need te give way te
these who can better de their work.
The Harrisburg Patriot claims that
the Cincinnati delegation, in its dis
trict membership, stands eighteen
Tilden te thirty-six anti-Tilden. TJie
Patriot's figures are somewhat colored
by its anti-Tilden proclivities, but no
doubt it is right in stating that a major
ity of the delegation is opposed te Mr.
Tilden. The fact is that the independ
ent delegates who are committed te no
choice, who are for the man whom they
think will make the strongest candidate,
such as these from this county and from
Columbia county, will held the balance
of power in the delegation. On tiie old
and we hope buried question of the lead
ership of Wallace and Randall, which
seems te have been the main cause of
heat in the state convention, thirty of the
fifty-eight delegates are of the anti-Wal-ace
affection.
" Peace with honor." The felicitous
deliverance of the Pennsylvania Democ
racy surpasses the expectations of the
most ardent wishers for harmony in the
party in this state and is talismanic of a
grand success in November.
m
Someone suggests that Judge Black
won't de for a "favorite son " of Penn
sylvania, because he was born in the
-state ; ;uid the record seems te bear out
Hie preposition pretty clearly.
All the prominent presidential aspir
ants appear te be coming in for a share
in the rather promiscuous distribution
of honors new in progress in various sec
tions of the country. Here at home we
have the adherents of Hancock, Tilden,
Seymour, Field, Bayard, Randall and
half a dozen ether geed men and true,
claiming a portion of the Pennsyl
vania delegation te Cincinnati ; the
sage of Gramercy is credited with
a clean sweep of the Nutmeg state;
the wily secretary of the treasury lias
been apparently taking geed care of the
fences in Ohie, and the Sherman boom
gets a material lift at the hands of the
Buckeye Republicans ; while the Pal
metto state stands by the man horseback.
Blaine, the " plumed knight," will come
in for his share te-day when California
is expected te send greeting across te
continent te Maine's " favorite son.'"
PERSONAL.
Gen. Ghant was fifty-seven years old en
"Wednesday.
Congressional Delegate Cannen, of
Utah, is an Englishman, round and red,
and has four wives.
Dr. J. G. Helland, though a great ad
mirer of the literary productions of Chas.
Dickens, has little respect for his character
as a man.
Hayes contemplates the tender te Post
master General Key of a United States
judgeship in Tennessee, made vacant by
the death of Judge Trigg.
D. "W. Middleton, clerk of the supreme
court of the United States, died en Tuesday
night. He had been connected with the
court for mere than fifty years, and was its
clerk for nearly twenty years.
The family of the late Asa Packer will
present a very beautiful and costly memor
ial altar and rercdes te St. Mark's church,
Mauclt Chunk, where Mr. Packer served
for many years as senior warden.
A clergyman named Hevle was se indis
creet as te register his name at a hotel in
Omaha. Within half an hour no fewer
than fourteen persons sent their cards te
his 100m te ascertain if a Hush royal
couldn't beat four aces.
Archbishop Pckcell said, in a recent
sermon at Cincinnati : " I new solemnly
declare before Almighty Ged and this con
gregation that net one dollar of the money
that was entrusted te my care was lavished
in luxury by myself or agents, or expend
ed in any manner for our personal benefit ;
and no matter hew unworthy I may ap
pear before your eyes, I humbly ask that
you pray te Almighty Ged for me." His
health has been very bad since the financial
disaster in his diocese.
MINOR TOPICS.
"When McDonald, the sculptor, heard
that Mrs. Custer had called his statue of
the general at "West Point a caricature he
might have Custer, but he never uses such
language.
A much-cherished plaster Paris bust of
Gen. Grant fell from its perch in a West
Chester residence, yesterday, and was
ruined. Docs this foretell political disas
ter te the general ?
As red as a rose was my love la-t night
Yes, red as rose was she:
I5ut te-day my lore's awpale and white
As the blooms el the apple tree.
Peer thing she is pining for me, I think,
Though the wicked neighbors say
Her mother stele in while my love was asleep,
And stele her pink saucer away.
At the late Republican convention in
Iowa the opening prayer was interrupted
at one point by ieud applause, when the
officiating clergyman made an unusually
"stalwart" allusion. This is about en a
par with a recent demonstration in Fulton
opera house, when the enthusiastic piety
of the audience led it te vociferously ap
plaud the quotation of a passage from the
Bible by one of the actors.
If the following from Londen Punch is
true, Judge Livingston, when he advised
the 2Tcic Bra men te settle their libel
suit, is net the first judge who recem
mended the settlement of a case pending
in court : Judge : " Your client had better
make a compromise ; ask her what she will
take." Ceunsel: " My geed woman, his
lordship asks what you will take." Old
weman: "I'm obliged te his lordship"
(ceurtscy); " as he's se kind " (ceurtsey),
" I'll just take a glass of warm ale."
Timely suggestions of esteemed con
temporaries : "A Bosten ice-cart driver
says that the size of the lumn left at the
kitchen deer depends considerably en the
leeks of the cook." "Thcwise housewife has
her ice left en the curb instead of asking the
ice man te carry it te the refrigerator ; the
average ice man generally grades the size
of the lumps by the distance he has te
carry them, the longer the distance the
smaller the lumps." Imagine the propor
tions of a five cent chunk of the congealed
liquid delivered en this latter principle and
carried all the way from Maine.
Under the laws of Pennsylvania nota
ries cannot be appointed as census en
umerators. Thisdiscevcry will undoubtedly
have the effect of blasting the budding
hopes of a very large and net absolutely
undeserving portion of the male popula
tion of Pennsylvania. The creation of
notaries has in the past been a peculiarly
consequential Pennsylvania industry ; and
it is apprehended that the census supervi
sors will have trouble in avoiding them
when selecting their enumerators. The
law, harsh though it may be, must, how
ever, be obeyed, or else we shall have some
dreadful complications such as these
which ensued at the wind-up of the last
presidential campaign, when it was found
that some ever-zealous and ever-ambitious
federal officeholders had managed te get
themselves placed en the electoral ticket.
The Cyclone's Werk.
The cyclone which wrought such de
struction of life and property at Macen,
Miss., en Sunday night, struck the railroad
depot ami neuses m that locality about
8:40 o'clock, and had its origin a short dis
tance from the principal scene of disaster,
extending, as far as has been heard, ten
miles from Macen, aud blowing down sev
eral negre cabins en the Reed place, but
injuring no one. The path of the
cyclone was 150 yards wide. Mrs.
Horten was decapitated, and her head was
net found at last accounts. One family
took refuge iu a celler and escaped, except
a negre girl, who was killed before reach
ing it. A car en the railroad track was
blown through a house occupied by J.
Blackwell and family, injuriug all, but net
dangerously. A number of animals were
killed.
LATEST NEWS BY matt..
Charles W. Haymers was hanged at
Winnemucca, Nevada, en Tuesday, for
the murder of T. K. West, of Paradise.
J. J. Hoever, who killed a saloon-keeper
two years age, was taken from the jail in
Fairplay, Colerado, early yesterday morn
ing and lynched.
Colonel Bedine, of New Yerk, has been
unanimously chosen captain of the new
riile team that is te go te Ireland en the
3d of June.
The National association of fine writing
paper manufacturers, in session at Spring
field, Mass., voted, yesterday, te reduce the
price of all grades of paper en the regular
schedule list one cent per pound.
The grand jury of Philadelphia yester
day examined officials in the offices of clerk
of the court of quarter sessions, district
attorney and recorder, in reference te the
forgery of tavern license bends.
William Gasten was badly beaten by
Themas Wright in a quarrel about a di
vorced woman in Kansas Citj', Me., en
Tuesday night. Yesterday morning
Wright was shot dead by Gasten.
Mrs. Heustin, living near Austin,
Texas, attempted, in a fit of insanity, en
Tuesday, te kill her five children. She
drove knitting needles through their cars,
intending te pierce the brain. One is dead
and two ethers arc seriously injured.
The steamboat Alice, from Pittsburgh
for St. Leuis, struck the bridge at Louis
ville yesterday morning and sank. Her
passengers and crew were taken off, and it
is believed no lives were lest. She is badly
broken and twisted, and likely te prove a
total wreck.
The seventh annual convention of the
National butter, eggs and cheese associa
tion met in Indianapolis yesterday. Twe
hundred delegates were present. They
were welcomed by the governor of the
strte and mayor of the city.
Jehn Tullv and Luke Kane, of Olean, N.
Y., went en Tuesday night te the house of
an old man, named Smith, who lives near
that town, picked a quarrel with him, and
beat him savagely. Smith's son, a boy of
thirteen years, interfered and shot Kane
dead. Tully ran away, but seen returned
witli a constable, who arrested the boy.
A fire in Lambertville, N. J., yesterday
morning, destroyed a machine shop, sev
eral offices and a locomotive, all tlic prop
erty of the Pennsylvania railroad. The
store of David Deckers, at West Hunting
don, Pa., was destroyed by an incendiary
fire yesterday morning. L Ilunten &
Ce's croquet factory, in Clinten, Me., was
burned yesterday. Less $30,000.
The body a well-dressed man, apparent
ly CO years of age, was found iu Trendy
creek, at Bergen Point, N. J., yesterday
morning. There was a brick in each
pocket of his spring overcoat, and a letter
was found upon him addressed Mrs.
James Grimley, of Brooklyn, as his
daughter, showing that he intended sui
cide. There was an exciting time in the city
council of Lcadville, Colerado, en Tuesday
night. The Democratic majority decided
one contested scat vacant, and gave an
other te a Democrat. The Republicans
left the room amid great confusion, and
the officers drew revolvers and demand
ed order. Many in the audience also
drew pistols, and bloodshed was threat
ened for a time. At last accounts the
Lcadvillians had quieted down.
Tin: imiBEiis.
Sad Spectacle in the Harrisburg Jail .
A correspondent at Harrisburg writing
from that place and speaking of
the sentenced riot bribers says : Your
reporter was around there te-night and
saw a very sad sight. Colonel Rumber
gcr steed close te the cell deer talking like
a maniac and protesting that no one
should make him sleep there. ' Gentle
men, I want te go te my hotel ; I must go
there ; I cannot stay here. My wife's
dying ; let me go,' he cried repeatedly.
Kcmble leeks mere like a corpse that a
living man. Old Jesse Crawford, who
will be seventy years old en the 28th of
June, lies prostrated en his pal
let, a physical wreck. But a year
or two age he was the Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in his district.
Salter comes close te the cell deer and pro pre
tests most emphatically that they have
been dishonorably dealt with by Attorney
General Palmer, who, he says, gave his
word that they should be pardoned before
they consented te plead guilty. Pctreft"
sits in his cell tearing a newspaper into
bits and noticing no one. Over in the Lo Le
chicl hotel sits Mrs. Kcmble in her room,
almost a raving maniac. She persisted in
coming here against her husband's
wishes, and since his sentence her
friends fear for her sanity. Represen
tative Smith awaits his trial next Thurs
day and leeks as teirribly depressed as the
men who were sentenced te-day. Lewis U.
Cassidy is here te defend him. Wolfe ar
rived te-night and the ether cases will be
prosecuted without delay. He regrets he
was unable te be en hand this morning."
A national press dispatch says : "It is
also reported that Ruinbergcr's aged wife
is lying prostrated with a severe sickness
iu Armstrong county. He has a son-in-law
who is a Presbyterian clergyman, and
the disgrace is keenly felt by his rela
tives." The severe sentence has created a pro
found feeling among Republican politi
cians. It is believed a movement will be
started at once te drive Palmer from the
attorney general's ellicc.
JSriefer Spelling.
Iii September. 1879. the Chicago Tribune
began some abbreviations in common spell
ing, under the title of relerms, its editor-in-chief,
Mr. Jeseph Mcdill, being a strong
advocate for a new system of orthog
raphy. The changes aimed chiefly at the
elimination of certain superfluous endings
of words that had been imported into the
language from the French, such as ue in
dialogue, catalogue, pedagogue, etc.,
where the preceding vowel is short ;
the dropping of the final e iu such
words as definite and favorite, and the
final te in cigarette, quartette, etc.,
and the change of ph te l in phonetic,
philosophy, phantom, etc. Last Sunday
the Tribune published letters from
one hundred representative men, in
cluding twenty presidents of leading
colleges and forty - five principals
of educational institutions, all favor
ing the new spelling, which has also
been adopted by the Utica Herald, the
Teledo Blade, the Library Journal,
the Princeton Jiecicw, the New Yerk
Independent, and a number of news
papers less widely known. The English
language is no doubt incumbered by a
lead of useless silent letters, but it will
take a large amount of education te recon
cile the masses of the people te all the
changes proposed.
SAD AFFLICTION.
Stricken With the Presidential Fever.
Senater Windem is affected with the
presidential candidate infection very ser
iously. He considers hiimelf'a very prom
inent dark horse, net tee dark te be seen,
bntjust dark enough. Mr. Conkling says
seriously that Windem is his second
choice. The senator from New Yerk will
net admit that in the nature of things
there can be a second choice ; but if by
some dispensation of Providence, Grant
should net be naminated, Cenklihg will
labor cheerfully for Windem. The sena
tor from Minnesota has attended carefully
te the management of the Republican side
of the exodus investigation, and if nomi
nated he could undoubtedly command the
negre vote in North Carolina, Indiana and
Kansas.
THE DEMOCRACY.
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY.
Afternoon and Evening; Proceeding of the
llamsberg Convention The Spirit
of Harmony Secures Fall Con
trol Congratulatory Dis
patch from. "Washing
ton A Speech by
Mr. Hensel.
The convention reassembled at ii o'clock
and was called te order by Chairman Mil
ler. Hen. Malcolm Hay, of Pittsburgh,
ieieited from the committee en contested
seats that the were net yet read' te report,
but hoped te be ready by 8 o'clock. And
the convention adjourned te that hour.
The delegates and spectators dispersed
te music by Neumyer's State Capital
baud.
Kveninj; Session.
Chairman Miller called the convention te
order at half past 8 o'clock.
Messrs. Ermentrout, Marshall, and T. M.
Hutchisen were named as a committee te
wait en the committee en contested seats
and learn their plaus.
The chairman then stated that the sec
retary would read a dispatch te the con
vention. The dispatch is as fellows :
Washington, D. C, April 28 lb the
Chairman of the Democratic State Commit
tee : The Democracy of the Disti ict of Co
lumbia in convention assembled heartily
congratulate the Democracy of Pennsylva
nia upon their patriotic and harmonious
action through the reconciliation of its
acknowledged leaders. Unity means suc
cess. Signed Jno. Ennis,
President.
Laavkence Gakdneh, Secretary.
While awaiting the return of the com
mittee, a strong ilispositien was exhibited
te hear a speech, and calls were made for
Cel. A. K. McClure, of the Philadelphia
Times. Colonel McClure was sitting en
the stage, but stepped quietly out. He
was net in a speech-making humor. At
length Capt. Gee. W. Skinner moved that
W. U. Hensel, of the Lancaster Intelli
gencer, address the convention. The
motion was carried unanimously, and Mr.
Hensel stepped upon the stage amid vocif
erous applause. He said in substance :
This day should be one of thankfulness
for net only the Democracy of the state and
nation, but for every conservative voter
who desires a return te constitutional gov
ernment. Speaking for the young men of
the party and of a minority district, I
would say that we come here wearing no
man's cellar, controlled by no faction, and
in favor of no particular candidate, but in
the interest of the great Democratic party.
Applause. This morning while the mem
bers of the convention were sitting here
anxiously awaiting the course of events,
they saw with pleasure the leaders stand
ing in that corner, shoulder te shoul
der as men should stand. The result
of their deliberations will be re
ceived by the Democracy net only
of the state but of the nation with joy.
It matters little who shall be the nominee
of the national convention se long as he
bears the standard of the united Demo
cratic party. I ask only that fifty-eight
delegates go te Cincinnati with an eye
single te the party's interest, and fellow
such a course in the convention, that re
turning they shall receive the plaudit
"well done, geed and faithful servants."
It is well for the young men who will fall
heir te the heritage of party control when
the old leaders have gene te the reward
due them for their services, that
these leaders have left such an excel
lent example of harmonious action be
hind them.
In conclusion I would say that I am in
favor of giving the committee en creden
tials full time, se that they may accomplish
the great work before them satisfactorily
and well. The work is net te be done for
te-day, nor for te-morrow, but for a gen
eration. Applause. We must set an
example te the party iu our sister states
as well as in our own, se that in November
we may pile up a majority for our candi
date such as no fraud can overcome.
At this point Mr. Ermentrout, from the
committee el three previously appointed, re
ported that they had visited the committee
en credentials and found that very satis
factory progress had been made. All but
a few of the cases in the country districts
had been successfully settled and the com
mittee would devote the evening te a full
hearing of the Philadelphia difficulty.
The committee would be ready te report
at ten o'clock this morning and requested
that the convention adjourn until that
time. Mr. Ermentrout therefore made
a motion te that cfi'ect. The chair
man stated that the opera house
was engaged for the next evening
and that the convention could net retain
possession of it longer than 1 o'clock.
Amendments te adjourn te meet at 8 and
8:30 o'clock were voted down, and Tene te
adjourn te 9 o'clock this morning was
carried.
The chairman then declared the cenven
tien adjourned te 9 o'clock this morning.
The National Delegates Who They Faver.
The New Yerk Sun's correspondent tel
egraphs te that newspaper : " Amid all
this rejoicing there seems te be no thought
of a platform or candidates for judge or
auditor general. Last year's platform
will furnish the leading planks for this.
There arc two tickets for dclcgates-at-largc
suggested te-night. The Tilden pee
pie suggest Frank B. Gewen. Geerge A.
Jenks, W. S. Stcngcr and W. L. Scott.
The anti-Tilden folks will concentrate en
Win. Mutchler, R. M. Specr, Lewis C.
Cassidy and Benjamin Whitman. Cassi
dy is for Bayard ; the ethers arc for
Hancock. Of course the convention is
by this time away from any dictation.
There is a general disposition for fair play
all around, aud personal and sectional in
terest will in some measure determine the
issue. It leeks new as though the dcle-gatcs-at
large would be Cassidy, Jenks and
Gewen, while the fourth man in doubt,
Scott in the lead. Mr. Tilden will have
from eighteen te twentv-twe of the dis
trict delegates, and Hancock's strength
will vary between these figures, some fif
teen independent delegates, like these
from Lancaster, who range between Sey
mour, Petter, Eaten, Randall, Field and
ethers in their preferences, holding the
balance of power. There will be no in
structions and likely no unit rule adopted.
The Treaty or l'eace.
Cel. McClure gives the following graphic
description of the appearance of the con
vention while the compromise was lxsndiuz
and its reception of the geed news that
peace was proclaimed :
"The time came for Chairman Miller te
swing his gavel, but he did net appear.
A quarter hour passed in silence, and none
noticed that Wallace, Randall. Dill. Cassi
dy and ethers had quietly slipped out of
the hall. The half hour passed and yet no
chairman. and as the delay lengthened into
an hour there was a mixed display of hope
and fear among the delegates. It was
finally whispered : ' Wallace is out ; where
is he?' Again it would be softly told
t ' Randall is out ; what docs it mean ? '
At last Cassidy hastily entered through the
main deer, with his face beaming like a
bridesmaid, and RandalI,"Wallace, Dcch
ert, Read and Barger followed, all evi
dently just finishing a censultatic n.
Seme detail of the treaty had been over
looked, and all hurried te a distant corner
of the rear of the hall, and engaged iu
conversation. There was no fire in their
eyes ; no anger en their brews, and the
audience intuitively caught the message
of peace and cheered it te the echo. In a
minute the conference was closed and
Wallace and Randall hastily shook
hands, which sent back te them
thunders of applause. Cassidy was the
frontispiece of the inspiring picture
and he posed te the audience in his
most graceful attitude and responded with
his most benignant smile. He did net
speak, but his beaming countenance said
te the enthusiastic delegates mere plainly
than language could express it : ' 1 did it;
what de you think of it?' Randall was
again greeted with a tempest of cheers
as he hurried down the main aisle te his
seat, and Wallace quietly dropped down in
one of the rear rows. Nobody knew just
what was done ; but the convention knew
that the war was ended, and it did net care
te inquire into details. The spirit of re
sentment suddenly flew from a thousand
faces like the sun just flashing from behind
a dark cloud, and peace seemed never te
have worn mere lustrously-silvered wings
for the Damecracy than at that moment'
Kaudall'and Wallace.
The crowd thundered for Randall, and
he finally rose under evident embarrass
ment, but his welcome reassured him.
He spoke excitedly, but with admirable
directness, and disarmed his factious fees
by his bread utterances in favor of unity.
Then followed hearty calls for Wallace.
He sat still for a few moments, as if doubt
ful of his reception by a multitude that had
been admitted te cheer the ether side, but
the call increased until the hostile galleries
were seized with the infection, and he
finally arose te be welcomed by all with
the heartiest enthusiasm. Even the crowd
that had been ticketed te scoff at him
shouted loudest in the gallery, and Ran
dall electrified the whole body by rising
and swinging his hat te emphasize the ova
tion te his old fee. Wallace had te wait
long for silence, and when it came, he
spoke with tremulous voice, but with
the eloquent directness that seemed te
eflace the last vestige of resentment from
the convention. Dill, the head of the
peace commissioners, was called for, and
the enthusiastic homage paid te him was
an emphatic assurance of the esteem in
which his offices in behalf of harmony were
appreciated.
Tims "ended what seemed but an hour
before te be one of the most vindictive and
destructive of political battles, and the
faces which entered the hall in sullen
gloom rushed te dinner with a wreath of
smiles.
HOLDING TIIE FOKT.
Hew the Speaker's Forces Gained Fosses Fesses
riuii eT the. Kali.
As seen as the curtain fell
en "Rip Van Winkle" in the
opera house Tuesday night, the
proprietor of that establishment was wait
ed upon by a party of Randall's followers,
who paid the rent for the next day and
took possession of the buiiding. All
night long the appointed place
of meeting of the convention was
guarded by these zealous partisans,
and in the morning they blossomed out, a
full score or mere of Philadelphians and
Pittsburghers, all wearing blue badges
bearing the words, "Sergeant-at-Arms."
They net only occupied the hall itself, but
picketed every avenue of approach, in
cluding the stage deer and the beer sa
loon, through which access te the hall was
possible by some tall climbing.
When the movements of this noble army
of occupation became whispered about it
occurred te the Wallace people that they
had better be en hand early. Tickets of
admission, however, were strictly neces
sary for everybody. Nine o'clock was the
hour fixed for their distribution, under the
direction of the chairman of the state com
mittee, and at that hour the room of his
representatives, Mr. O'Leary, of Pitts
burgh, and a Mr. Guthrie, was besieged by
about ten times as many delegates and
would-be visitors as could be accom
modated iu an ordinary sleeping apart
ment. The self-contained clerks were
polite, but unsatisfying. There had been
unexpected delay in the preparation of the
tickets. The press had broken down, or
the ink had given out, or something or
ether. At 10 o'clock they would be ready.
Se the crowd waited, but at 10 o'clock
they were net ready. Eleven was then
named, and new a very large rat was
scented. That some tickets were out was
certain. The janitor of the Tilden club of
Pittsburgh, for instance, showed one
freely, and, having risen with the lark and
taken several drinks, declared that he
could get as many as he wanted. A Lan
caster man said all of his delegation were
provided for.
At length the cry of "Ben Butler's
trick," "seizing the hall and packing the
conqentien," seen reached the cars of
Senater Wallace, who came down from the
third fleer right away te see about it. He
had captured one of the surrcptitieuly-is-sued
tickets. The crowd, hoping te see a
row, made way for him as he went towards
the clerk, who was defiant but already bad
gered most te death. "De I understand that
no tickets have been issued te cither dele
gates or visitors?" asked the senator.
"Yes, sir; they are net ready yet."
"Then, hew is it that I held a visitor's
ticket in my hand?" The senator, in a
dignificn way, paused for a reply and the
situation was serious, when a voice broke
m: ' Will that take you into the hall?"
' Yes, sir, it will," said the senator.
" Well," rejoined the intruder, " you are
lucky te get it." The crowd
broke into laughter, and the first crisis el"
the day was bridged by unintended humor.
An episode of this feature of the day
was the wrath of Editor Meyers, of the
Patriot, who was chairman of the local
committee of arrangements, en being
unable te gain admission te the building,
and the "firing out " of the mayor of the
city.
UEELEKS KUN WlLD.
Their Disgraceful Conduct in Harrisburg
Yesterday.
Dispatches te the morning papers give
details of disgraceful conduct en the part
of the several hundred strikers, bruisers
and heelers from Philadelphia who ran
into Harrisburg yesterday. Immediately
en their arrival in the state capital they
went en the rampage fighting, sheeting
and behaving in a generally disreputable
manner. Early yesterday morning Fire
Vyommissiencr r ranu naggcrty snot at a
man named Conners,of the coroner's efficej
the bullet cutting out a piece of check
from a fellow named Charles Yeung. Haii
gcrty is under $1,000 bail. Michael
Cleary started a row at the Bolten house,
and he is under $1,000 bail. James O'Neal
was arrested for drawing a revolver, and
was bailed in $1,000. Themas Ryan and
Richard Trcnwith are in jail for trial for
carrying concealed weapons and rioting.
Jes M. Giiigan, JehnKcene, James White,
Jehn McCabe, James Smith, Themas
Brenner, Philip Griffin, Jehn Welsh,
William Medal. Harry Jell'rv. Henrv
Sharkley, Jeseph Cenner and Albert
Jehnsen, arc all in jail for rioting, and
some of them have an additional
charged against them of carrying concealed
weapons. The worst riot occurred in
Third street last evening, when a mob of
almost a hundred drew their revolvers and
attempted te rescue one of their number
who was in the hands of ihe police en the
way te the mayor's office. Pockets with
out number have been picked and the swell
mob has been reaping a harvest. It is the
worst " gang " that has ever visited Har
risbug. Net even at the last inaugura
tion, when there were thirty thousand
strangers in the city, was it half se bad.
The mayor has increased the police force.
Where it Will De the .Most Geed.
Williaiuspert JJanner.
The Lancaster Intelligencer and
Columbia Herald are making matters no
better by fighting within the lines. Re
serve your strength, gentlemen, for the
common enemy, and Judge Patterson.
m m
William McKee, while going home drunk
near Montrese, Iowa, en Monday night,
entered the house of Albert Hickman.
The latter, thinking the intruder a burglir,
beat him en the head with a piece of weed,
fracturing his skull. McKee died of his
injuries en Tuesday.
PRESIDENT-MAKING.
Connecticut Democrats for Tilden.
The Democratic state convention held in
Hartferd jesterday, was largelv attended.
The Hen. Themas M. Waller, of New
Lendan, was chairman. Delegates te Cin
cinnati were chosen Alfred E. Burr, Win.
Parsons, David A. Wells aud William H.
Barnum as the delegates at large. The
convention voted te instruct the del
egates te retain the two-third rule
iu the national convention, and the
delegation is understood te be inclined
te Tilden. A series of resolutions were ..re
ported, deneuncintr the result of the last
presidential election as a fraud, and pre
claiming the duty et the partv te be te
vindicate the fraud by nominating at Cin
cinnati the man who received the greatest
majority. A contra-resolution was offered
aud the convention was m danjrer of net
ting into a broil, when Mr. Waller left the
chair and made a speech in favor of a
postponement of all resolutiens.aud moved
te substitute one pledging the support of
the party te the nominee et the Cincinnati
convention, whoever he may be. This
resolution was enthusiastically adopted
and the convention adjourned at 1SJ0, p.m.
Sherman's lloeia in Ohie.
The Ohie Republican state convention
was called te order in Columbus, yester
day by A. L. Cenger, chairman of the
state central committee. Congressman Mc
Kinley, of Clinten, was chosen temporary
chairman, and J. R. Mallow, of Franklin",
secretary. During McKinley's speech his
reference te the possibilities of nominating
Sherman, Blaine or Grant at Chicago was
greeted with cheers, but when Grant's
name was mentioned there were a half
dozen hisses. These were speedily
drowned by applause.
The committee en platform reported a
platform which instructs the delegates-at-large,
and requests the district delegates
te vote in the Chicago convention for
Jehn Sherman, and te use all honorable
means te secure his election. The resolu
tions were agreed te with cheers. A de
mand for the division of the question was
laid en the table.
The following named were elected dele
gates at large te the Chicago convention :
William Denisen. W. M. Bateman, James
A. Garfield and Charles Fester.
The highest vote cast for delegates at
large named by the Blaine delegates was
209 for Jehn Beatty, the total vote of the
convention being G27.
The following state ticket was nomi
nated :
Fer secretary of state, Charles Town
send, of Athens; for judge of the supreme
court, Geerge W. Mcllvainc. of Tusca
rawas ; for clerk of the supreme court,
Dwight Crewell, of Ashtabula ; for mem
ber of the beard of public works, S. R.
Hesmer, of Muskingum, and for school
commissioner, A. P. DeWelf, of .Summit.
Grant Delegates in Seuth Carolina.
The Seuth Carolina Republican conven
tion, composed of ehihty colored and forty
white delegates, met at Columbia, and
"lleselied, That the delegation te repre
sent the state et beuth Carolina m the
national Republican convention te nenii
nate candidates for the offices of president
and vice president of the United States are
hereby instructed and solemnly pledged te
vote as a unit te the end of the contest for
the world renowned and most available
candidate, General U. S. Grant, and that
upon all questions arising in said conven
tion they are earnestly recommended te
vote in like manner, te the end that the
true interests of the constituency they rep
resent may be subserved."
Arkansas.
The Republican convention of Arkansas
met yesterday iu Little Reck, and elected
Jehn A. Williams, of Jeffersen, per
manent chairman. The convention took a
recess till 7 p. in.
The Gelden Slate for lilalnc.
The California Republican convention
meets in Sacramento te-day. Most of the
county delegates are instructed for Biainc
whose friends claim at least eighty per
cent, of the convention.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Leeking at Us.
A correspondent of the AVest Chester
Lecal Ifeirs has taken a drive from that
borough te Lancaster and this is what he
says he saw after leaving the Gap : " In
the morning we made an early start, cross
ing into the Pequea valley. Wc had a
ride through as pretty a farm country as
there is te be found en the face of the
earth. On every side men and boys were
te be seen plowing, rolling and harrowing
the ground, many using three fine horses
abreast in their operations. The houses
and barns looked neat and clean ; women
were out whitewashing fences and garden
injr ,' all seemed life and aetivitv. Lancas
ter is an old county, all of her people seem
te be old, and the children appear old, the
youngest say about forty. We noticed
many pretty little girls wearing the same
kind of caps as did their mothers, and leek
mgvery old-fashioned. About one mile
east of the city of Lancaster we cress the
big Conestoga creek. On top of the hill,
te the left, before entering the built-up
portion of the town, arc the new county
almshouses, built of brick and of magnifi
cent proportions. A little further te the
right is the county prison. Beth proper
ties are fronted upon beautifully laid out
and neatly kept grounds. The next build
ing of importance is the court-house en
King street. In outward apj)earancc it
leeks as though it might be worthy of the
great county that here keeps its most im
portant records and dispenses justice te
all. Lancaster city seems te be largely
composed of one-storied houses. Why is
this? Is it because the worthy Dutch
burgheis drink se much lager beer that it
is inconvenient te carry it up many flights
of stairs by evening?"
The City Printing.
Last evening bids for the city printing
for the official year were opened in the
mayor's office by the committee en print
ing of city councils, and the work was dis
tributed as fellows, the contract in every
case being given te the lowest bidder :
Annual report of the finance committee
te Jeseph Schmid at (50 cents per page.
Mayer's warrant book te Jeseph Schmid
at $3.
Drafts of ordinances te Jno. A. Hicstand
at 70 cents.
Complaints, warrants and commitments
te Harry L. Ilartmycr at $2 per thousand
each.
Nete heads te Jno. A. Hiestand at $2.50
per thousand.
Tax notices te Jno. A. Hiestand at 70
cents per thousand.
Water rent notices te Inquirer printing
company at 90 cents per thousand.
Envelopes te Inquirer printing company
at $3 per thousand.
COUIST OF COMMON FLEAS.
Uefere Judge Patterson.
In the case of the Waynesboro mutual
fire insurance company vs. E. C. Mussel
man, which was similar te the one of the
same plaintiff against Shiffner, the appeal
was withdrawn.
This was the last case ready, and after
the jurors were discharged court adjourn
cd until Saturday morning.
TOBACCO FLANTS.
Depredations by Dug.
Lancaster county is net the only place in
which the yeuug tobacco plants are being
destroyed by bugs. The Clarksville. Tenn.,
Leaf, of April 23, has the following inter
views with planters, showing the extent of
the damage done by bugs : "
M. C. Jehnsen was found at Hampton
station and says : "I sewed fourteen beds,
they have eaten the plants clean from
thirteen. I have one small bed thev have
net finished yet and I don't care a d .
Wish they would eat every plant in the
United States. They are eating the plants
clean in Pendy weeds, something that was
never known before. My grange (Guthrie
grange) report their plants nearlv all de
stroyed." W. W. McMurry says : " My plants are
seriously damaged, but if I can check them
new I think I will have enough te set mv
crop."
Mr. Henry Reason says : " My beds are
as clean of plants as this fleer. I examined
them this morning and a plant could net
be found en them with a forty-horse-power
magnifying glass."
Reporter" What are veu "ein" te de
about it ? "
Reason "1 am going a fishing."
E. IJ. Ress said : "The bugs'arc eating
my plants up. I de net regard my pre.-H
pcets for plants as worth a fig."
O. D. Battle: "The bugs have about
destroyed by first sewing. Have burnt, re re
sewed and canvassed."
F. Ewing : " They have destroyed two
beds, and the prospect new is the bugswill
finish the remainder in a week."
Gullin and Sen, cultivating the Busrap
farm. These gentlemen were found en
their knees at one of their plant beds, aud
said : " This bed is all we have left ; our
ether two beds are as clean as your hand,
but there are right smart left en this one,
if we could only step the cussed things.
What's geed for 'em?'" Reporter
" Well, from your report, I would think
that tobacco plants agreed with them fine
ly." G. and son" Oh ! I mean what
will kill the d things?" Reporter
" That is a conundrum that has been going
the rounds of tobacco growers for the past
two hundred years ; when it is solved we
will answeryeur question."
The farmers interviewed plant about 200
acres of tobacco.
UELL CANON MINES.
An Old Luncasterlan in Luck.
A copy of the Advance published at Al
buquerque, New Mexico, contains an ar
ticle en the mines in Hell Canen, net far
from Albuquerque, in some of which
W. T. Strachan, late of this city, is inter
ested. We ceny the following paragraph:
The Star mine near the Milagaes and
Consolidated mines was discovered in Au
gust last by Mr. W. T. Strachan, and is
owned by him, Dr. J. W. Themas and Maj.
Harry R. Whiting, aud Messrs. Sanches
and Anaya, of the Ranches de Atrisco.
A shaft has been sunk by these gen
tlemen te a depth of about thirty feet in
quartz carrying free geld. The vein stufi"
for the entire area of the shaft from the
surface te the bottom assays from $T0 te
ever $200 per ten. Considerable surface
prospecting has been done en the same
location. It is the intention te continue
the Star shaft for about twenty feet meie
and then drilt for the walls. The parties
last mentioned are the owners also of the
Washington and Reserve lodes in the
immuiliate vicinity and have down upon
the Washington two shafts of fifteen feet
each and upon the Reserve one of fifteen
feet, with geed mineral prospects.
Strachan & Ce. have also sunk ten feet en
their Waif lode en the north side of thu
canon.
Wedded.
At neon yesterday, at the residence of
Hen. Themas E. Franklin, his daughter
Annctta was married, by Bishop Howe,
assisted by her brother-in-law, the Uev. Mr.
Ileskins, of Elmira, N. Y., te Jehn W. B.
Bailsman, esq., only son of Jacob Bails
man, president of the Farmers' national
bank of this city. The bride being still in
mourning, the wedding was a quiet one,
only the family and near relatives being
present. The guests were in full dress, and
the bride was elegantly attired iu the
conventional white, as was also her sister
Blanche, who assisted her as bridesmaid,
Walter M. Franklin, esq., acting as Mr.
Bailsman's best man. The beautiful service
of the Episcopal church was performed in
the alcove, improvised as a chancel, in ths
south end of the parlor, under the light el"
gas and candle. The many presents were
beautiful and costly. Augustine was
caterer. At 2 p. m. the wedding pair left
for Washington ; en the 10th of May they
sail for Europe for a summer's absence.
SKASONAULK
1'UULICATIONS.
Postelllco
Matters and
Witter Kent Oi.ll-
nances.
James II. Marshall, the postmaster of
this city, has published for public use a
neat little pamphlet of 22 pages, contain
ing a carefully compiled digest of the jmjs
tal laws and regulations, the rulings of the
posteffiee department, useful suggestions
te the public, and ether matters of interest,
which if carefully followed will save much
trouble and inconvenience te the public
and the posteffiee officials.
The water committee of city councils,
through its chairman Mayer MacGenigle,
has had issued a notice te builder-!, plumb
ers and ethers who intend making connec
tions with the city water mains. " The n -ticc
contains the previsions of the city or
dinance governing the water departmen,
and should be read by all water users as
well as by builders and plumbers.
OHITUARY.
Death et Jacob L. Ilaker.
Jacob L. Baker, son of the late Rev.
Jehn C. Baker, formerly pastor of the
Trinity Lutheran church, this city, died
suddenly in Philadelphia Tuesday after
noon of diphtheria. He was an active busi
ness man and a genial, big-hearted gentle
man. He was 51 years of age and leaves
two sons, one of them a conductor en the
Pennsylvania railroad, and the ether a
clerk iu the great jewelry house of Baily,
Banks fc Biddle, Philadelphia. His re
mains were brought te this city for inter
ment. The funeral took place from the
Pennsylvania railroad depot at 2 o'clock
this afternoon and was attended by many
sorrowing friends.
I'uulic Building In Lancaster.
A special dispatch te the Philadelphia
Keening Telegraph is as fellows : "The
Heuse committee en public buildings and
grounds have agreed te grant authority for
the erection of a public building at Lancas
ter, Pa., and a bill fixing the limit will be
reported te the Heuse at the next call of
the committee. Representative A. Herj
Smith has been assiduously at work before
the committee ever since the meeting of
Congress, producing statistical and ether -information
by which he has successfully
established the necessity for the work, and
is confident, after conferring with a num
ber of influential members of the Heuse,
that he will be able te secure the passage
of a bill of this character."