LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCE 11 MONDAY. MAY 24, 1880. Lancaster Intelligencer. MONDAY EVENING, MAT 24, 1880. The Primaries. The Republican primary elections have come and gene again, and the pub lic breathes mere freely since there is an end of the demoralization, the intrigue, the buying, the drinking and the shame less political and personal corruption which annually accompany them. There is such a prevalence of all these foul circumstan ces, in the influences controlling their conduct and directing their issue, that it is utterly impossible for anybody te ,tell just hew far the real sentiment of the partv is expressed in the final de termination of the result. There is such a shameless use of money in the purchase of the " best workers in the ward," and in their purchase of the individual voters ; such a travesty of popular elections in the casting of fully one-fourth illega votes, and finally the return is se sub ject te alteration and tinkering that it is generally very hard te tell whether any man counted as elected was really fairly chosen. Anybody who steed at any poll in Lancaster en Satur day could see these things with his own eyes and in the contemplation of men and boys, selling their votes en the highway, must have concluded that it is time te step this thing if there is te be left te this community any vestige of an honest popular election. Under the old delegate system there was,te.be sure, some leg-rolling and some corruption, but it tainted only the few In the end the candidate nominated had te have a majority of the party repre sentatives. Under the present system corruption permeates the whole mass of people and every voter becomes a " peliti cian "with all that the name new im plies. A rich man who becomes a candidate has te "bleed" at every pore, and no matter hew strong he is with the people lie is compelled, in self preservation, te furnish his lackeys with money ; te be put where it will de him most geed. Peer men only have any hope of success by putting themselves into the hands of politicians te be run as a speculation and by mortgaging te them in advance the emoluments of their offices. These influences, exhaled like a poison ous miasma from the Republican prima ries, have mildewed our politics and are corrupting our social life. The law which brings these primaries under the statute regulating general elections is ignored. If it were enforced a dozen men in every ward in Lancaster could be sent te jail for last Saturday's work. The prostitution of justice in its own courts is the logical outcome of the pros titutien of the ballet. The betrayal of official trust is the sequence of the aban donment of political integrity by the in dividual voter. "We are indeed fallen upon evil times. The Result. Hen. A. Heir Smith's nomination for Congress by a large majority will net sur. prise anybody. Doubtless his friends had te avail themselves liberally of the means by which Republican nominations are controlled in this county, for which they had ample resources. If they had net done se they would have ben over run in this city and in many districts where the politicians have a strong foot hold. Rut beyond such aid Smith has a firm grip upon the masses of his party which it would have been very hard fe anybody te loose. The country people find him an accommodating, prompt repre sentative, and they believe him te be economical in his legislative tendencies, and a decent man in his personal charac ter. Length of service and public expe rience only commend such an one te their renewed favor and the politicians have found anew that it is hard te beat him and they are net likely te make the effort again ; especially will they net experiment Avith burnt powder. Maj. Griest is shelved, te the great satis faction of some who supported him this time. Majer Reinoehl has again demon strated that he has net the breadth nor bottom te make the anti-Cameren fight. He was sold out by his pretended allies and he. suffered the disadvantage of his opponents having ten dollars te spend te one which his friends had. But for all that, his supporters new see that his can didacy was a mistake, and if anybody could have beaten Mylin he was net the man te de it with. The major's politi cal career will interest him no mere. Mylin's re-election is in some measure due te bold and unscrupulous use of the worst political influences, te the weak ness of the opposition te him, te the per sonal sympathy awakened by the relent less fight against him and te skillful trades and combinations en all sides in his behalf. As we expected, the fittest candidate for district attorney comes in at almost the tail of the race, while about the worst presses te the front. Mr. Davis has energy, as his fight shows, but it is nobody's secret that his professional character is net such as te recommend him for the important place of district attorney. He was probably encouraged te the hardihood of making himself a candidate for it by his observation of the fact that irregularities in the adminis tration of that office are net punished, nor the offenders brought te book. His three immediate predecessors in the office of district attorney if net mere of them have been exposed te an imadversion for abuse of it, without being held te account by the court ; and if he shall continue the multiplication of indictments, the prostitution of justice in behalf of the best workers of the wards, and improve en all the methods of these going before, he will only fulfill the ex pectation of these who knew him. He was elected by a small clique of men who have long age " thrown conscience te the devil" in politics, and if the community should reap the whirlwind of his elec tien they may wake te the re alization of the fact that se long as three or four speculative poli ticians elect the officers for 30,000 "popular" suffrage is a farce, and it would be better te surrender our rights te the keeping of a few honest 'men ban ' afew,4ishoestenes. v& , , i b 00 raiiltfthe;egMativa contest unit .win give general, sawiacuen u.ine defeat of the two old members who voted for the riot bill, while" their two col leagues who voted against it are re-elected. "With the ether results en the Assem bly both factions claim te be satisfied ; each expects te have the better of it. Fer prison inspectors and peer direc tors there seems te have been less than the usual contest, as the result would net alter the present factional complexion of these bodies. Any result would have secured better men than the average Republican nominees, and Mr. Henry Musser, nominated for peer director, is an especially proper kind of a man for the position. All parties seemed te agree that Colonel Gerhart ought te be county surveyor ; he is fit for a better place. Tim Bull Ring and the Heg Ring are no mere. They have been divided and parts of each will pick themselves up and form new combinations. Jehnsen and McMellen both betrayed the Xcw Era, and eacli is at dagger's points with the ether. Hay Brown seems te have abandoned the Bull Ring candidate for district attorney, and Levi Sensenig does net appear te have done much in behalf of Grant. Taken altogether it is just as well that they have gene te pieces and in the reorganization of the politicians it will be hard for them te avoid some new combination that will net be mere de cent than either of the old ones. The Grant and Quay managers made an expensive contest for instructions in behalf of these candidates. They brought nlentv of menev here, and much of it was spent for the local candidates. It helped Mylin, Davis and Eberly, and it get an unexpectedly large vote for Grant and Quay. But it instructs nowhere ex cept in the city districts, where, perhaps, such instructions will be most fatal. Mylin can better afford te run instructed for Grew than Demuth instructed for Quay. PERSONAL Ciiakles August Keubs, the German composer, is dead. The Chinese embassy te Mexico have arrived at Mazatlan, and are se numerous that there is no hotel in that city that can contain them. Theodoke Themas has left Cincinnati for New Yerk, and will sail en May 2Gth, in the Gallia, for Europe. It is reported that Archbishop Guinex, of Baltimore, who is new in Reme, will be made a cardinal before his return. Stonewall Jacksen's widow and her daughter, Miss Julia Jacksen, will unveil the Winchester (Va.) monument te Stone wall en June 9. Mr. Gee. II. SnewEns, of the Intelli gencer, and Mr. Jehn Smaling, son of J. K. Smaling, of this city, left this after noon en the fast line for Lincoln, Nebras ka. They will be absent about one month. D. L. Meedy, the evangelist, has left St. Leuis for Wcstfield, Mass., where he will pass the summer. The owner of the house in which he had lived while in St. Leuis refused te accept any rental, Heniiy S. Feete's death was the result of a singular accident. During a recent visit te Washington, when .rising suddenly, the top of his head came in contact with the sharp point at the bottom of a chan delier, a dangerous wound being inflicted. Den Cameken is the latest card for vice president with Grant, according te the Washington rumors ; but these who started that story, the Times thinks, don't knew the golden-haired senator from Pennsylvania. "He may tire of the Sen ate, but he won't trade for the husks of the vice president's chair. Grant isn't of the kind that cither die or resign, and Cameren won't take the cork under." Mrs. Ann Randall, widow of the late Jesiah Randall, and mother of Samuel J. Randall, speaker of the national Heuse of Representatives, died at her residence in Germantewu at 2 o'clock Saturday after noon, aged ever eighty years. Speaker Randall, who was summoned from Wash ington by a telegram, was at his mother's bedside at the time of her death. Mrs. Randall was a lady of sterling character and many virtues. Horatio Seymour hangs in the White Heuse gallery of the Times te-day : " Six feet in height, erect and vigorous, almost seventy years of age, but in appearance net mere than sixty, his brown hair and scant side whiskers slightly tinged with gray, his keen hazel eyes as full of fire as in his youth, his face the kindliest and most distinguished that meets the passer by, dressed in black broadcloth, with the coat buttoned tightly ever his chest, and wearing a silk hat in all weathers such is Horatio Seymour as he may he seen en the streets et Ltica any day. Dignified, yet always accessible, a geed listener as well as talker, his is the rare in stance of a public man who holds the unbroken respect and admiration of the people with whom he has made his home for nearly two generations." MTNOB TOPICS. Saturday wa a bad day for Adam. The political nomenclature of Lancaster will hare te be revised. Tem Cochran says that "brasher: brooms and soap " cleaned the deck. Well informed Democrats ;it St. Leuis Me., claimed last night that the state con. ventien will contain a large majority of delegates favorable teTildeu. Quay is " a bigger man than ole Grant," according te the Republican primary ie turns in Lancaster city. Why net take Quay for President and Grant for Vice President ? Timss. Grant's personal friend of the Galena Gazette deems it necessary te make this announcement : " Gen. Grant's name has never gene before the public as a candi date for the presidency by any word or act of his own, and he most certainly will net or der his name withdrawn. A very large class of American people have chosen te makcl him their candidate, and if the Republican national convention at Chicago sees fit te tender him the nomination he will net decline it. This we knew te be a fact and we publish it because it is well that the Republicans of the country should cease te held the matter in doubt." HEATH AT L1TITZ. The Moravian Way of Keeping "Uetl's Acre" In Order. Lancaster Correspondence Bosten Transcript On the occasion of a death in the com-, munity a trombone choral is sounded from the church belfry, and any Moravian in Lititz can tell at once from the air which is played whether the person just dead be married or unmarried, male or female, old or young. The Moravian music is all of a solid character and the trombone plays an important part in their religious exercises. On a gcntle rise of ground south of the village is the graveyard. The enclosure is divided by straight avenues of cedars, which separate the graves of the women uem tnose el the men. ludeed, the graves are classified as Moravian con cen con gatiens were formerly. In ene place one finds the rows of graves where the unmar ried men arc buried, next the married and then the boys under twelve. A similar ar rangement exists en the women's side of the " Ged's acre." The mounds are of two sizes, one size for adnlts'and one for children, and are of an oblong shape and fiat en top and a small tombstone lies upon the mound. At a little distance the tomb stones are invisible and one sees only long rows of green mounds overrun with peri winkle and mess pink. The stones are all numbered and the highest number I ob served was 958. LATKST NEWS BY MAIL. Smith, the forger, who escaped from the officers at Pert Jcrvis, has been arrested and taken te New Yerk. There was a stormy time in the general conference at Cincinnati ever the Metho dist Boek Concern. The strike at the Omaha smelting works is ever, a compromise having been effected. The troops have been ordered te leave. BelVs Life says : Nobody could he in better condition than Oarsman Boyd. He will take all the beating even Ilanlau can give. Themas W. Rice, of Brooklyn, a retired merchant, fatally shot himself yesterday morning in consequence of disastrous stock speculations. Baseball : At Chicago Chicago, 8 ; Cleveland, 5. Princeton Princeton, 9; Harvard, 5. Bosten Providence, 9 ; Bos Bes Bos eon, 2. Miss Mary E. Feran, while in a sonam senam bulistic state, walked out of a window in Englishtown, Ont., and died from injuries received. In Hamburg yesterday five boys, who should have been in Sunday school, went beating. Wallace Schomberg was drowned and the ethers narrowly escaped. William and Budd Pussley, brothers and half-breed Indians, fought a duel at Mc Allister, in the Indian territory, en Friday night. The former was killed. The heuse of Jeb Ennis, a Mcnnonite settler near Winnipeg, was consumed by lightning en Saturday. Ennis was killed and his wife se shocked that she died yes terday. August Pfulhauer killed Charles Heck by kicking him in the stomach and back in Peoria, 111., en Friday night. The murderer escaped. They worked together in a brewery. Walt2r Smith, aged fifteen, was shot and killed by Charles F. Williams, aged 18, a former companion, at Somerville, Mass., en Saturday. Williams has been arrested. The boys had quarreled and were net en geed terms. The Tennessee National-Greenback con vention was held at Nashville en Saturday afternoon. There was a slim attendance, representing a portion of the state. The speakers and resolutions favored repudia tion of all the state debt except about 2, 000,000. General and plentiful rains throughout the Tidewater and Piedmont districts of Virginia for two days past have ended the exceptional drought of nearly two months. Cern planting and ether farming opera tions have been greatly delayed and the eats crop will be short. Patrick Neenan was fatally shot at Valley Falls, R. I., yesterday morning. He was carousing with Jehn Riley and Patrick Ferbes, alias P. Denncll. Ferbes, who is believed te have done the sheeting, escaped. Riley is under arrest, but refuses te make any explanation. Peter Zimmcr, of Fert Washington, Wisconsin, was arrested en a charge of the murder of his son. When arrested he said he supposed he was accused of the murder but denied the charge. He was en his way te New Yerk te meet his intended wife, who was coming from Germany. The prisoner is 80 years old. A family of emigrants named Mills, from Manahan Island, were put off the midnight train at Brampton, Ont., with one of the children suffering from dys entery. A kindly disposed person en the train had given the sick child an overdose of laudanum, from the effects of which it died. Wm. T. Avery, ex-cengrcssmen from Tennessee, was drowned by the capsizing of a beat in Ten Mile Bayou, Arkansas, en Friday. His body was recovered. Mr. Avery was in the Gist year of his age, a native of Tennessee, and represented that state in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses. An order has been made by the common pleas court, Ne. 1, Philadelphia, substitu ting the society of the Cincinnati as .trus tees of the Washington monument fund in place of the Pennsylvania company for in surance en lives and granting annuities. This fund, which new amounts te about $52,000, is entirely distinct from the funds in the hands et the society or the Cincin nati, which amounts te about $125,000. Jehn Merrie, a Swiss, 55 yearsjef age, of Newark, went into the yard at the rear of 71 Lillic street, sat en a cistern and shot himself in the side, three inches below the heart, with a pistol. Jehn Stehl, C5 years or age, shot and hanged himself in a field near his house in Newark. He tied a clothes line te the limb of a tree, put the noose about his neck and shot himself in the head. His second wife left him a month age. Pa.,. en Saturday night, destroyed Eerenty buildings, including the posteffice, Clarien county bank, two hotels and the United Pipe Line offices. Less $150,000. Mere than one hundred families are homeless. Jeseph E. Temple of Philadelphia, whose recent endowment of the Academy of Fine Arts secured te the public gratuit ous admission one day in the week, has offered te present the Protestant Episcopal church of the Hely Trinity with a complete chime of bells. The vestry of the church have accepted the gift and taken measures te secure the chimes without delay. A babe was born in Erie yesterday witl out a head, but otherwise fully developed It weighs about seven pounds and is con sidered a splendid pathological specimen. There is an excrescence protruding from the top of the trunk between the shoul ders where the neck ought te be, which has two large eyes, a nose and mouth with hare lip. There is no occipital or parietal bones, no brain. In a sitting posture the child resembles a frog. THE l'KACJS COMMISSION. Tliey Hare a Conference With the Faction Leaders and Make an Arrangement. The peace commission appointed by the Democratic state convention were in ses sion Saturday at the Girard house. The body consists of ex-Congressman William Mutchler, Easten ; ex-Senater A. 11. Dil', Lewisburg ; ex-Congressman W. S. Steng er, Chambersburg ; ex-Congressman R. M. Speer, Huntingdon; R. M. Gibsen, Pittsburgh, and ex-Congressman G. A. Jeuks, Broekvillc, candidate for supreme judge. All were present except Mr. Speer. The commission heard the official opinions of the rival committees of the local De mocracy, as expressed by their representa tives. Chairman Vaux, of the new committee, and Jehn R. Read conveyed te the com mission the views entertained by their side, while Chairman Floed and Treasurer Berrill are the mouthpieces of the city committee. Beth sides were warm in expressing a desire te reunite in the interests of har mony and peace and each seemed auxieus te vie with the ether in protestations of fidelity te the advancement of the party. The commission took a recess after a lengthened deliberation with the chieftains named and the result of their session is made known in the following official an nouncement : "The committee having met and having had a full, free and friendly conference with gentlemen representing each organi zation of the city and county of Philadel phia, were gratified te find a unanimous determination te bury all past differences. " Inasmuch as the labor of the committee will involve many details which cannot be immediately furnished. " Ileselced, That the respective organiza tions of the Democracy of the city and county of Philadelphia be invited te ap point a committee of five from each organization, te meet this committee en the 8th day of July next, at 11 o'clock a. m., and confer with it as te the best plan of adjusting the differences between said organizations, and that this commit tee take a recess until that day." Chairman Dill was found at the Girard heuse in company with Colonel Dechcrt, candidate for auditor general, and ether friends. He expressed himself as much gratified with the feeling which seemed te pervade the Democrats of the city with whom he had been brought in contact. He was of the opinion that the meeting of the commission, te be held next July, would be but little hampered by any fac tious opposition te the decisions then te be made. He declared that the Democracy in the interior of the state were tired of the dissensions heretofore existing iu the city, which had often reversed the majorities sent there. The country Democrats, he said, were almost unanimous in wishing this commission te sit down en any party who should refuse te abide by the just set tlement the commission desired te make. THE REPUBLICAN PRIXABIES. THE OLD STORY OF BRIBERY. SMITH COCK OF THE WALK. Mylin's Crushing Defeat of Reinoehl. A Jeke iu Court. In the argument en the Neal petition, before the New Castle, Del., court, en Friday morning, Antheny Higgius, after expatiating at length en the injustice of excluding colored men from the jury-box, touched ou ethnology a little. "There arc five races of men, " said he, "the Caucasian race, the Mongolian race, the Malayan race, the Indian race and the African race " " And the Hanlan-Ceurtncy race," in terpelated Ignatius Grubb, loud enough for the bar te hear. "All of which sprang from 'Adam," commented Chief Justice Cemcgys, uncon scious of Grubb' s joke. " Who is said te have been a red man," said Judge Wales. " And hence," pursued the chief justice " a colored man a highly-colored man, se te speak." m m A Great Fall of Kain. In Columbus, Ga., from Friday at 9 a. m., te Saturday at 5 p. m., nine and ninety-two one-hundred ths inches of rain fell, eight and fifty-one hundredths falling iu ten hours. All the railroads are injured, and the through freights and accommoda tion train from Macen te Montgomery ran into Schatulga creek, en the Southwestern read. Engineer Jehn T. Wade, Fireman Geerge Schalfer, Woedpassers Charles Tayler and Jeseph T. Brown were killed. All are white and from Macen, Ga. Murdered After a Brief Marriage. Mrs. Johann Breimann, wife of a Ger man baker, was found murdered in her room en the third fleer of tenement house, Ne. 512 East Sixteenth street, New Yerk. On the table lay a letter written by her husband, in which he stated that he had killed her because she was unfaithful te him. The woman had lain dead since Thursday night. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. OU1TUAHY. An Kxcursen Train Wrecked. It is reported that an excursion train from San Francisce te Santa Cruz, en the narrow gauge read, went through a trestle at Santa Cruz. Ten men were killed and sixty wounded. Ne particulars have been received. STATU ITEMS. The fares en the Easten street railway will te-day be reduced te five cents. James Clark, an employee of the Erie and Pittsburgh railroad, was ground into a shapeless mass between two cars at Erie. Mr. W. U. Hensel, of the Lancaster In telligencer, will deliver the annual ad dress ou the occasion of the ensuing nor mal school commencement at Leck Haven. Yesterday morning Charles Drepp, a well-known young man of Eric, drowned by the upsetting of a beat in which he and three companions were taking a Sunday row. Wm. H. Barnes' dye house en Fairmount avenue, Philadelphia, and Linten. McFad den & Ce.'s paper warehouse, Philadelphia, were damaged by fire yesterday. Late en Saturday night Third district officers, Philadelphia, made several raids en houses et ill-repute, which wcre com plained et ey citizens as intolerable nui sances. The Reading iron works, of which J. Penn Breck, of Philadelphia, is president, has suspended payment, owing te cempli-: catiens with the Philadelphia and Read ing railroad, the companies being under mutual'obligatien. A fire at Edenberg, in Clarien county, Death or a. Centeniarlan Iter. ICeber's Decease. Mrs. Ellen Shea died at the Lancaster county hospital yesterday evening, in the 104th year of her age. bhe was a native of Ireland and left that country 30 years age, her husband having died there. She was the mother of five children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom are dead, except Mrs. Patrick Kane, of this city. She enjoyed geed health till about six years age, when she had a stroke of para lysis, and has been confined te her bed ever since. Death et an Evangelical Preacher. Rev. Reber, who received an apepletic streke about a week age en Seuth Duke street, this city, died at the residence of Dr. J. E. Sieger, 111 North Fifth street, Reading, en Friday. He retired from the ministry some ten years age. He belonged te the Evangelical denomination. His last charge was in Lancaster, where he established the church as a mission about CO years age. He only received a Berks county school education. His age is 69 years. He was entirely paralyzed en one side, and was completely motionless and speechless. About six months age Rev. Reber suffered with a partial stroke of paralysis in the right arm, but regaiued the use of it iu a few days. Wm. N. Reber of Lancaster, and Dr. N. B. Reber, of Le Le higten, are sons of deceased. He leaves an aged widow, who resides with Dr. Siege!. Deceased was an upright Christian gentle man, who bore his sufferings with great fortitude. He leaves many acquaintances in Berks, Lancaster and neighboring counties. A Clese Strusigle for District Attorney. The Republican primaries of last Satur day were net as rough iu some parts of the city as they were last year or year before. This was due te the fact that the Bull Ring and Heg Ring lines were net se closely drawn, and there seemed te be a better agreement among the ward leaders en the organization and the ticket te be run. Fer example, in the First ward when Sam Greff acquiesced in the Grant Quay pregramme peace was easily obtain able ; in the Second ward the Smith, Davis and Mylin people agreed en au organiza tion ; in the Third McMellen was se com pletely cock of the walk that no bantam crewed defiance this time ; in the Fourth the Griest, Jehnsen and Mylin men made common cause ; in the Fifth Eberly's friends and Reinoehl's agreed en an organ ization ; in the Sixth Marshall, Davis and Cochran fixed the officers ; in the Seventh there was none te dispute "Butch" Mil ler's sway ; in the Eighth they had Eberly, Smith and Mylin money te make sure of uncertain things, and in the Ninth they get te work without any trouble. It was very evident te a looker en at any ward polls that there was a very ex tensive use of money, and that somebody had contributed largely te a corruption fund that was being freely disbursed. A crowd of bummers and loafers was at nearly every poll in anticipation of any difficulty in the organization ; which having been generally avoided they lin gered te make a stake in the general poll. The First ward window was one of the quietest and at the Second and Third the scene was highly creditable in comparison with the shindies of last year. Sensenig was busy for Eberly and Mylin ; McMellen, it was seen made plain, had sold out Rei Rei ueehl and Blaine, and was faithfully carry ing out his part of the bargain with ene branch of the Bull Ring te vote for Mylin, Quay and Grant if his new friends would support Davis In the Fourth ward Pete Fordney made his fight for Davis ; Tem Wiley ran the Smith machine ; Griest was en his own dunghill and se was Jehnsen ; while Spurrier battled most bitterly against Reinoehl. The usual rough element of this ward was promptly en hand and "struck" for high prices. There was net much discrimination in accepting the votes of all who offered them. A gang of negrees came ever from the Seventh, voted and were paid off in the shed. Our reporter met "Dan" en the curb and asked him what he was waiting for. He said he had voted before he heard they were paying, and he had sent a friend te sce if he was net te get his dollar and a-half. Net less than fifty Democrats voted at this poll. In the Eighth, at the time for the organization, thcre were about twenty five voters present from the lower end of the Fourth ward, and a dozen from the Fifth, besides some thirty or forty Demo crats from the Eighth. Lerenz Snyder, the county committeeman, told the Re publicans te stand up and be counted, for judge, and he declared that a majority of the legal voters present were for Harry Brencman for judge. The Snyders de clared they wouldn't stand that, and the rest of the company pronounced for Adam Snyder for judge. He had the power of numbers en his side and the farce began with him as judge. The best workers in the ward had plenty of money. It is said they had $100 te be spent in behalf of Smith, $100 for Mylin and $50 for Eberly. A glance at the voting or at the returns would lead one te suppose that these estimates were net tee high. Everybody who would vote could get pay for it. Tice hundred and forty-three votes were polled, though it is notorious that the utmost possible Repub lican poll iu the ward is 170, and of these net 130 were out en Saturday. It is neb believed that half the vote polled in the Eighth ward en Saturday was legal. In the Seventh ward somewhat the same order of things prevailed, though the pro portion of the illegal vote was net se large. Bill Dean, who has for months been Jehn, son's fugleman, saved him little from the wreck and made ungrateful compensation for Jehnsen's untiring but vain work in the bogus contest of Jehn Mcrringcr's election for constable. The ward was car ried by money for Quay, but the best workers couldn't go Grant and se the sur prising result was brought out of Quay and Blaine running strongly together. In the evening Bill Dean and " Butch" Mil ler had a fight and Dean carries a black eye. In the Sixth ward there was a free bar for the bummers and a long purse. The voters were bought shamelessly en the curbstone for Davis, Smith and Mylin. They commanded from 50 cents te $2 per head, and were voted regardless of age, residence, color or party. Grant was a I favorite in this ward also. In the Ninth it was pretty rough and to ward evening a big fight set in between " Chuck " Beas and a young fellow named Demmcll. The battle raged all through the barroom and down the back yard. The police stepped it and landed some of the combatants in the lockup. In this ward and the Fifth the Reinoehl men steed up te their work and when the returns came in en this contest Jehn I. Hartman and Ed. Martin were about the only men who could show a cleau score. The Returns. Many persons hung around the square and the streets from 7 te 12 o'clock en Sat urday night te hear the news, and the Ex aminer and Neie Era offices, the County house and the Exchange hotel were the centres of information. When the Sixth ward was reported te have given Mylin 20 majority and the Third and Fourth t have gene against Reinoehl, the little i e'er's friends became heartsick and went home. One rural district after another only made it plainer that he was hopelessly beaten and he was decently interred before mid night and marked Corpse Ne. 1. Fer Congress, the city began te report early, and it seen became a question net euly of hew much Smith would gain ever Griest's 700 majority in 1878, but whether Griest would net be beaten in the city. The Third and Fourth wards were known te have gene for Griest, but the Seventh and Eighth had been "fixed" te offset them. Tem. Wiley had get his work in. In the Fourth, Second and First, Smith get a geed vote ; the Fifth and Sixth he carried by decided majorities, and se he ran away ahead of Griest in the city at large. The country was solid, as usual for him and Griest was enceffined Corpse L Ne. a. Brubakcr and Weaver hadn't much te lese and se Weaver contented himself figur ing out his chances in the near or remote future based en a geed popular vote, with out auy aid from the politicians ; Jehnsen had his own ward by a less decisive vote than Davis get the Third and Sixth, but the "best workers" in the Seventh and Eighth being in the employ of Eberly's friends, te everybody's surprise, the Shoj Shej neck statesman ran away with the town, and his friends became hopeful. Jehnsen went te bed a sadder and a wiser man. Corpse Ne. 3. When the First and Sixth wards report ed for Grant and Quay, followed by the Third in the same line, it began te leek as if the still hunt had hunted. The Fifth, Fourth and Ninth failed te respond. The Eighth came te time, and the Seventh ran Quay up, but refused te swallow Grant. That ward settled it. It saved Quay and had its vote been turned the ether way ou president, Grant would have carried the city. The city totals en the principal places were as fellows : Congress : Smith, 1,445 ; Greist, 1,229. State Senater: Mylin, 1,000; Reinoehl. 1,013. District Attor ney : Eberly, 884 ; Davis, 852 ; John John Jehn eon, 583 ; Brubaker, 171 ; Weaver, 147 ; Newpher, 30. Instructions for United States Senater : M. S. Quay, 1,314 ; Ga lusha A. Grew, 1,223. President : Grant, 1,034 ; Biaine, 1,302. A few votes were cast for Edmunds, Sherman and Wash burue. Up te neon yesterday all the indications were that Courtney, Eshleman and Eberly (with Snader a geed fourth) had been suc cessful for Assembly in the upper district ; and Peeples and Land is (closely pressed by Brosius) in the lower. Fer county surveyor all parties seemed te be running Cel. Gerhart. Fer prison inspector Ilagan and Carter neither dis tasteful te the Bull Ring were the favor ites ; and for peer directors Henry Musser aud Jacob Keller. Views en the Situation. The Smith men were, of course, happy that their favorite had again overthrown the politicians and proved superior te their combined opposition. Thev admitted that "it took money" in the city, but net such general use of it in the county as in 1878. , Mylin's friends accepted the result as his personal vindication against the savage assaults of the New Era. The Eberly people were disgusted at the defection from him of that part of the Bull Ring, which supported Davis iu ex change for MeMellcn's championship of Quay and Grant. That part of the Bull Ring which supported Davis, en the ether hand, cursed Sensenig for having let Quay and Grant slip, aud said Eberly's defeat served him right for his treachery. The JVcw Era faction finds consolation in the overwhelming defeat of Gantz and Gatchell supporters of the riot bill , the in structiens of Mylin for Grew, and in the fact that MeMellcn's treachery and John John Jehn eon's selfishness have rid its wing of the weights which clogged it from the highest flights. It can also cackle ever Smith's election. Everybody seems satisfied that Jehnsen is se badly beaten. All sides admit the lavish use of money and damn the demeralziug Crawford coun ty system. 17481880. 133d Annual Meeting or the MlnUterluui or Pennsylvania. The Synod leal Communion. Ministerial and lay delegates te the Lutheran synod kept arriving by Satur day's trains,audat the time for the evening service there were perhaps a hundred and fifty members en the, ground. The Saturday evening preparatory ser vice was held in Trinity church accerdiug te announcement, but, contrary te an nouncement. Rev. R. Hill, of Allentown, preached the sermon, instead of Rev. F. W. Weisketten, of Bethlehem. The opening liturgical service was read by Rev. II. 31. Bickel, of Philadelphia. The sermon was based en Genesis, xxii., 8 : " My son, Ged will provide himself a lamb." There are types of spiritual things in the Old Testament, and it is impossible net te see a resemblance between the of fering of Isaac by Abraham and the ol el ing of Christ for the world's sin. In Isaac we have an heir, se also in Christ ; in ene the weed of the altar home by the intend ed sacrifice, in the ether the weed of the cress borne by Him about te be sacrificed ; Meriah and Calvary loom up before us, and in each of the victims is told the story of bitterness and agony that preceded the sacrificial hour. The text is a word of prophecy. Abraham's impres sion was that Ged would provide a way in his extremicy, and speedily wcre his weids of prophecy fulfilled. We may sce here the lamb, a token of the Levitical sacri fices, which were-in turn types of Christ. Christ is au atoning Lamb. A mere perfect tabernacle ami a mere per fect redemption is for us. Man has sinned and justice condemns, but Ged has pro vided Himself a Lamb without spot or blemish. Christ is our tower ; the believer runneth into it en I lis human side, and is protected en the side of His divinity- Jt J4 1l i . jurist is a worthy lamb. Heaven MOUNT JOY ITEMS. Hew the Republicans Hattled There. Waves were running high in the politi cal sea at Mount Jey en Saturday afternoon. There was no contest between the Bull Ring and the Heg Ring. They were mixed and the Smith faction mustered but 07 votes. It was a question of hew big a ma jority could be cast. It was as large as premised, and the ringstcrs are happy like tethered monkeys te an organ-grinder would. Many of the voters fellow them, the tether being fifty cents and a few drinks. " Bew, you cheerful ape !" cried they, drawing the chain. " Hand around your hat ! Gain favor ! Somersault and show your influence." And it was te I When the beard of election officers was organized ever a hundred voters were en hand. Seme humbly acceded, and being arranged in a row. when the signal was given, each deposited a marked ticket. There were some exciting scenes and bleed was drawn. A quarrel that had its incep tion in disparaging remarks resulted in a broken nose of our efficient deputy high constable, his assailant being his nephew. Prof. D. Dcnlingcr, of Cedar Hill semi nary, having purchased a building iu Man chester, Carrell county, Maryland, will remove te that place in August, te organ ize an academy. We regret the contem plated change and wish him success. There is no telling what effect the pres ent drought will produce. Sometime dur ing Saturday night a hogshead of water was stolen from a well known tobacco grower in this vicinity. Jehn L. Gish, of West Denegal town ship, who died after a short sickness, was buried yesterday. The deceased was well known in this neighborhood and was a most estimable old gentleman. The Lecal Tobacco Market. About seven hundred cases of old tobac co were sold last week at private rates some four hundred cases being a re-sale at an advance. Old tobacco is becoming very scarce in the market, and prices tend upward, though the exact figures are kept secret. Of new tobacco, about one hun dred and fifty cases were sold within a few days past. During and after the rain of Saturday, some of the farmers went te their fields and commenced planting, and this morn ing ethers loiieweu their example. The ground, however, has net been sufficiently soaked te make planting advisable, even if the plants were full grown, which they are net. Planting will net be generally commenced until after there shall have been a soaking rain. The Disbarment Case. Harrisburg Telegraph of Saturday. In court this morning Attorney Genera' Palmer, one of counsel for Judge Patter son, of Lancaster, in the matter of appeal of Steinman and Hensel, lawyers aud edi tors of the Lancaster Intelligencer, asked the court if it was the intention te hear the argument next week, and stated that he understood it was te be argued before a full bench. Judge Mcrcur said that the case was en the list for next week, when it was probable there would net be, a full bench. Counsel could agree among themselves and if they insisted en a full bench they would have te take the chances after next week. understands and declares hew worth v He is, and shall we be silent'. The Lord has provided ; be grateful, and let Him re ceive time and substance aud service in return. The words of the text are words of hope in extremity. We beheld the mother, the servants, the unsuspecting son, the agony of the father's heart. Se the lamb of Ged is a necessity te us. "There is none that decth geed," saith the scripture, and de we net recognize that it is awfully real and true. We cannot by any works atone for our sins and tians tians grcssiens; Christ is ou only hope. Abraham saw that Ged's ever lasting covenant was upon him. Se must we leek upon the Lord's Supper. The words of the text are words of faith. Abraham trusted all in the hands of Ged. He did net doubt ; he could net resist. Iu a self-emptying faith he steed before Ged, confident that a sacrifice would he provid ed. This is the faith that brings us te Christ. The broken body and shed bleed are life, forgiveness, salvation. Abraham heeded no drawback, for Ged knew better than he. Se may we run with patience the race that is set before us. Abraham knew Ged only as Jehovah-Jireh "Ged will provide." In life, that is se full of labors, questions, and miseries, hew com forting it is te knew of Christ, and te knew that Ged will provide Him as the Lamb of Atonement for us. Then let us together rejoice, and say : " .lust as I utn without one plea, Rut that Thy bloeil wits .shed ler me : Ami that Theu blilst mejeemt; te Thre, O, Lamb of Ued, 1 come, I eeme." The service of confession and absolution, conducted by Rev. C. W. Schaeller, I). I)., president of the synod, closed the exercises of the evening. The Sunday Sessions. Sunday morning the members of the synod met in Trinity chapel and at the hour for morning service proceeded in a body te the audience room of Trinity church, where the synedical communion was administered. Rev. J. Fry. I). I)., of Reading ; Rev. F. AV. AVeisketten, of Bethlehem, and Rev. J. D. Schindcl, of" Allentown, sat within the chancel and con ducted the altar services. The regular morning communion service of the church book was read, including the repetition of the Nicede creed by the congregation. The choir of the Salem church, Leba non, Rev. G. II. Trabert, pastor, was pi ev ent and sin;' with the choir of Trinity church during the service. During the singing of the 2G0th hymn "With joy our voices we unite, and lift our hearts above" Rev. Dr. Schaeller. president, ascended the pulpit and followed with the synedical sermon from the text, Acts, xx., 35: "I have showed you all things, hew thathe labeuring ye ought te support the weak, and te remember the words of the Lord Jesus hew he said, It is mere blessed te give than te receive," especial stress being laid iu the words ascribed te Christ " It is mere blessed te give than te receiver" This passage put in the mouth of Paul and written by Luke is above tradition and stands out bold iu its authenticity. Paul's travels and preaching were described and the arousing of this people te righteousness by the apostles, who were at. ached very much te Paul as their spiritual father. The text is a burn ing light, glowing through all history, and is a blessed heritage of the Christian church. The text is an unquestioned truth, tested by experience. There aie profound mysteries in the Divine Wenl. but they are net set forth te incite wonder, but te be understood. e are given faith, a heroism, an active principle, te enable us te apprehend and penetrate them. Faith comprehends what the world cannot understand, namely, that it is univcmily mere blessed te give than te receive. The text is particularly appropriate te te-day's service. We are met te take counsel to gether ; te plan for the Iiest interests of the Redeemer's kingdom. The special act in which we are te engage proves in a won derful way the spirit of the text. Heie One gives and many recei ve. The giving O hew precious, overwhelming, grand, de voted and Divine ! Yet hew humiliating and painful te the giver. Once given no greater gift could be bestowed. Receiv ing the gift, we ought te be grateful in the deepest sense. Over the administration of the Lord's Supcr sneuiu always inscribed the text. The giving of the Saviour was net obstructed by ingratitute, but He continued giving until lie is spoken of the Sen of Man who had net where te l.iy his head. If it weie net for the giving where would we, the receivers, be ? Let us give attention te the counsel of these days. Aud telling then the people of our congregations what we have seen of the Lord's goodness aud fulness, let their hearts be warmed with ours for work. The doctrine of the text is net se well understood as it ought te be. In the Chris tian church in the early days of the aMs tles glowed the ardor of first love, when time and service and life united te win a lest world te its Christ. The spirit of the Lord living in the church was developed in the giving of the disciples each te each, and each te all for the geed of the church. These instances are full of instruction te us if we would understand the fullest blessedness of giving. In our own day there has been giving te necessities and for geed. See what Ged has wrought through it for our synod of three hundred congregations and the seventy thousand members of our synedical communion. We have great social and moral influence in consequence of the giving of our fathers. The Lord hath done great things that make us glad. Our energies must be com bined te take the world for Christ. We mustaskthequestien, "Lord what wiltTheu have us te de V" and go through the world doing geed. Instead of giving as much as we ought hew often de we give as little as possible. Hew many possess an over whelming abundance iu their persons and household and yet are' satisfied in giving little te the church and Ged. What a re- S i '4 I? IP i-,l iS I F.I
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