LANCASTER DAILY IN?JLLUU:N;ER WEDNESDAY. MAY 26, 1880.
Lancaster ftnielligencn:.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 36, 1880.
A BcTired Politician.
The aired Simen Cameren, who
has
.And iritis tbe desire of thepplioc theppliec thepplioc
mea telptin'theVfajwr of the m'lifressJB
ef,thejLarieaster households, they will
keep a watch en the boys who distribute
handbills and theatre pregrammes
threuirh the town, and cause them te
Riven himself out as a retired politician, quit ringing the house bells whenever
. iney leave urcn iivti ...v.. .-
trouble they can put them in the letter
boxes or under the doers where they will
be found ; but it is easier for them te
threw them down or twist them around
Mip ilnnr kneli and rine the bell
te secure their lieing taken in.
It has become a great annoyance for the
servant te Ikj takcTi se often te the fleer
en se unnecessary an errand , and the
advertiser who thus excites indignation
within the house very poorly serves his
interest thereby. . They would de well te
be mere considerate, and the police
should help te abate the nuisance by
giving attention te the boys who create
it.
has been born again since Illinois veri
fifed the Grant boom, and turns up with
a long clatter about men and things te a
New Yerk Herald reporter, who fertu.
nately comes across him. in the nick of
time, as he lies en his leather library
sofa bursting with talk. Unless Simen
Cameren has reached his second child
heed and talks with the garrulity 01
age, he had some object in arranging te
be found by this Teporter and in pouring
out te him talk that brings the old man
again into the field of politics and con
troversy. Probably the sound of the
battle is tee much for the old war-horse,
and he charges in te the help of his son
Donald with reckless impetuosity. Te
eninv u miiftt life and an easy one amid
the rural delights of Denegal and the
beauties of Maytown, the veteran had
better have remained quiet. It hardly
will pay him te open fire upon either
Blaine or Curtin. If the latter is as ueau
as he says he is, it was needless and
somewhat cowardly te threw any mere
stones at him. And the Cameren anti
Blaineism is tee well established te en
able Simen te hurt him by ventilating his
opinion that there are tee many things
about him needing explanation te make
him a geed candidate. This is true
iibeut Blaine of course, but it has no par
ticular strength from such a source; and
cannot have any particular influence in
an issue between two men like Grant and
Blaine, who both have records that their
,..i-ivm will net rare te attempt a full
explanation of. Kailread subsidies ami
Mulligan letters will embarrass one side
no mere than San Dominge and the
whisky ring will trouble the ether.
Neither candidate will ever make the
presidency if the people should happen te
be in the humor for wanting explanations,
and Mr. ( Cameren while advocating G rant
may save himself much profitless trouble
by refraining from throwing mud at
Blaine.
Tlie things the ex-senator says about
ex-Governer Curtin are net of any partic
ular value, whether true or otherwise.
His estimate of Curtin's character may
ba correct but coming from an avowed
enemy it will be a harmless discharge
against the Bellerente statesman, ih ih
shews a lively degree of malignity in the j
elder man, which he might, perhaps, j
modify with profit te his spiritual state, i
The confidence with which he maintains j
his opinion that Grant is the strongest
candidate his party can take, and the
" acernf ulncss with which he sneers at the
general opinion that lie is the weakest, is
very remarkable, esiecially in view of
his declaration that he has great rever
ence for public opinion. That a strong
current of opinion exists against Grant
for a third term is indisputable, and the
bold hypocrisy with which Simen ignores
MINOR TOPICS.
Thk JVcir Era advises a belt,
hell the cat?
Who will
"England." said Frederick Harrison
some years age, "is new an aristocratic
republic, with a Democratic machinery
and an hereditary grand master of cere
monies." What de the Lancaster city Republicans
think of their candidate for Legislature
being instructed te vete for a man for
United States senator, in whose behalf a
$3,000 corruption fund was right here te
buy votes? The Eighth ward had te be
thrown out te save Deinuth from this
danger, but where is Quay te get back his
$3,000 .
The late Michael Malene had hi his pos
session when he died some of the identical
guineas which he had in his pocket when
he landed in America. lie never parted
with them and treasured nothing that he
hail mere highly than these earnings
of his youth which he had held te his old
age, and which, by his industry and thrift,
became the basis of a large fortune.
Tues. Dkans, of Cohecs, X. Y., in a
communication te the New Yerk ,
recalls a speech made by Mr. Blaine in hib
hearing, which reveals the man. The time
was the October of 187G ; the place a large
building in a small village between Cohoes
and Tiey. "If it should eccurr," said
Mr. Blaine. " that Samul J. Tilden should
be elected, trill tnu allow him te hr iumigu.
ruled?"
Tin: Kj-umiiicr docs net propose te in
dulge ;.t present in the "wild talk" and
"exposure of methods" going en among the
politicians of its party. It discredits the
maxim that " when rogues fall out honest
men get their dues," or else it thinks its
party has nobody te be thus profited.
Tiic Era, however, keeps right along ex
posing te public view '"the foul cancer
which is eating into the vitals of local pel
ities :infl iiomeralizui'T tlie entire com-
j LATMfT NEWS BY MAIL.
One of. the" Cronk," midgets" travelling
with Barnum. has died.
The Kallecp impeachment is en trial in
San Francisce.
Eight deaths from yellow fever occurred
in Havanna for the week ending Friday
last.
The New Yerk Legislature has passed a
bill approving of tl e International exhibi
tion of 1883.
The "Dime Museum," 293 Bowery,
New Yerk, has been damaged by fire te
the amount of $10,000.
The Imperial Bank of Russia announces
an issue of four per cent, consolidated Rus
sian railway obligations te the nominal
amount of 150,000,000 silver reubles.
Detective William Y. Lyen, of Reading,
has arrested at Schoolcraft, Mich., Eman
uel Ettingcr, Uriah Meyer and Mary
Hartley, implicated in the murder of an
old couple named Kintzler three years age
in Snyder county.
Pli:irlnr Jacksen. aucd 0 vears. was
stolen by two men in a wagon near the
Crittenden school house in Stockport,
N. Y. The boy had light hair and fair
complexion, and his clothing was et a
light color. It is supposed that he was
taken te Albany or thereabout.
The anniversary of the Queen's birth
was celebrated in Quebec en Monday. The
principal feature of the day was the graud
military review en the plains of Abraham,
in the presence of the vice-regal party,
and which was witnessed by thousands of
spectators, mauy of them from Ontario.
William Henry Hunter, G6 years of age.
employed en the Leve farm, near Old
Bridge, N. J., was found en Saturday
afternoon with his threat cut, having
committed suicide with a razor. He was
very eccentric and had en several cc asiens
threatened te take his life. He was from
Leng Island.
Denslow & Bush s oil works, en u
lard's deck, at Twcuty-fifth street and
Third avenue, Brooklyn, took fire at half
past 12 o'clock this morning. A tank ex
ploded at a quarter before 1 o'clock, and
the cxnlosien is reported te have killed and
wounded a number of men. The flames
extended te several vessels and te Adams's
lumber yard.
The Grant leaders have arranged te keep
control of tlie Chicago convention by
forcing the unit rule en all questions upon
delegations from states in which it was
adopted. Senater Cameren and his sub
committee will decide who shall he ad
mitted te the exposition building, both as
delegates and spectators. Mr. Cameren
is already en the ground.
At Louisville yesterday the livc-eighth-milc
race was wen by Bosque Belle in 1 :3, J :
the three-quarter mile dash by Greenland
in 1:174; the one-and-a-half-miles dash by
L' Argentine in 1:57 J ; the mile heats race
by Miss Haulaway best time 1:45; the
one-and-eue-cighth miles race by Himyar
in 1:55 J; the mile dash by Blue Ledge in
1:444 and the four-mile dash by Irish
King.
In Brcwstcrs, N. Y.. the rains of the
town hall, which was burned en the 23d of
February last, were being taken down,
when a scaffolding broke, precipitating
into a cellar, twenty feet, Edward Mead,
Alfred Armstrong. Jeseph Heady and
Michael Bizham. Bigham was killed out
right, his head being crushed by a heavy
piece of stone coping. Heady suffered se
ttle internal injuries, while Mead and
Armstrong escaped uninjured.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE REPUBLICAN SHINDY.
THE COUNT PROCEEDED WITH.
Jake Price's Spirited Interruption.
Davi Declared Uie Republican Candidate
for District Attorney.
intliKMii-p." It repeats tlie story mat
Kmwn offered Scnscnig 1,000, te sell
out Eberly and finally gave him $1,000 te
help Grant andQuay ; it charges that Eber
ly was beaten by Brown's deliberate circu
lation of a false report that he had with
drawn ; alleges bold frauds in Columbia,
which counted in Snadcr and counted out
Eberly, and took 01 votes from Gantz and
gave them te Eshlcman. Finally it says :
That frauds were cemmitcd by whole
sale is as clear as the light of day ; and if
the beard of return judges adjourn with
out a full and fair hearing of the testimony
offered and the most searching investiga
tion, any neaiii a;ieti declared en the f.u e
of the returns, about which there is rea
sonable doubt, will net be binding upon
miv Hmiuhlinaii under the rules of the
party, which specifically provide for
investigation and correction ei
frauds.
the
alleged
what he reveres, is in charmingly Camer- j Iimjty either by direct contagion or rellcx
enian style. It is the ruling spirit strong
in the dying hour. The old man will
never enter straight the gates of heaven ;
he must have a devious way. Of course,
his confidence in Grant's strength is as
sumed ; and equally, of course, his con
tempt of his opponents is put en. About
one thiug, hewever. he is te be ac
cepted as an authority; and that is
te the fitness of men for tlie field of poli
tics in this country. His son Den is of
the elect : his son-in-law, MacVeagh, is
of these found wanting. The judgment is
correct. MacVeagh is popularly supposed
te be tee decent te succeed as a Repub
lican politician ; while Donald Cameren
is net considered te have any such dis
qualification. Tlie father's judgment
agrees with the people's and with the
facts.
But it suggests rather strongly te the
people whether it would net be better for J
them te turn out the Camerons and take
in the MacVeaghs. Mr. Mae eagh is
net a particularly strong man ; he is a
geed lawyer and talker, but his spe
cial failing as a politician is his
instinct of decency. He would
rather walk straight than crook
ed, live honestly, abstain from intrigue,
andlet his fellow citizens be the keepers
of their own political consciences and
the controllers of their own votes. The
Cameren idea of the full measure of a
man is that he shall obtain power in
any way that he can get it, and that lie
discharges most successfully his mission
en earth who reduces the greatest num
ber of freemen te his will. Blaine is a
disciple of this same school : but he lias
grown greater than the master. He sets
up for iiimself and the leaders who arc se
heartily in accord in their views find
themselves, in obedience te the teach
ings of their school, in hostile camps.
The Camerons are for Grant, because
they can make most of him. The peer
people arc te be the victims whichseever
wins. That is the purport of Simen Cam Cam
eeon's declaration that the -MacVeagh
style of men had better keep out of poli
tics. It is a true declaration, with the
present manipulation which the people
submit te. Possibly it will always be
true. But it does seem the strangest of
things that fellows who de net conceal
the mean purposes with which they seek
political power are permitted te get it,
and are the only ones who can reach it,
although that power is conferred by the
theoretically free suffrage of an intelli
gent democracy.
The Eighth ward was thrown out by
the Republican canvassers, for the osten
sible reason that the returns were net
properly verified by the production of the
list of voters, &c. But we arc net in
formed of the reason for the failure te
properly authenticate the returns from
this one ward. As the only effect of the
rejection of the ward was te change the
vote of the city from an instruction for
Quay for senator, te one for Grew, that
was the caiise of it. Mr. Demuth wanted
te be saved from the necessity of carry
ing the loud-smelling Quay en his back
in the legislative canvass. But the fact
remains that the majority of the town
Republicans voted for Quay.
m
If it is all the same te the water works
management, the people of the town
would a little rather have their drinking
water free from a very strong flavor of
fishes. Fish are geed in their way, but
objectionable as a beverage.
PERSONAL..
Gen. Sir Gauxkt Wei.ski.ev has ar
rived at Plymouth from Seuth Africa.
Count Victer Zicnv, formerly under
secretary of state in the Tisza ministry,
who was forced te resign after being ac
cused in the newspapers of dishonest trans
actions, and Count Stephen Karolyi fought
a duel en Monday. Count Zichy was seri
ously wounded and will scarcely survive
the day.
Leen-Say was elected president of the
French Senate. He received 147 votes,
against 4 for M. LcReycr, 2 for M. Pellc
tau, 1 for M. Simen, and 1 for M. de Ga
vardic. There were also 121 blank or in
valid voting papers. M. Waddington, it
is said, will be made ambassador te Lou Leu Lou
eon. Sir William Hakieiut, secretary of
state for the home department, England,
who was defeated by the Conservative can
didate, Mr. Hall, at Oxford, en coining be
fore that constituency for re election te
Parliament, after taking office in the min
istry, has been elected for Derby without
opposition.
Hen. Wayne MacVkaeu and wife will
sail for Europe en June 10. Messrs. Lin
coln and Chas. MacVeagh will fellow their
father in about ten days after. Misses
Lylie and Virginia Cameren, daughters of
Senater J. Donald Cameren, had thought
of accompanying Mr.MacVeagh and family,
but the plau has been abandoned.
A number of congressmen and ether
Democratic politicians met at Willard's
hotel last night te get up a " boom " for
William R. Mohrisen, of Illinois, for
t president. Among the congressmen pres
ent were Knett, Blackburn. Began, Hun Hun
ten, Chalmers, Atkins, Samfeid, Clark,
Phillips, Clardy, Bicknell and Waddill.
They all resolved te support Mr Morrison's
aspirations.
William J. P. White, census supervisor
for Philadelphia, has been displaced, and
Edward T. Steel, president of the beard of
education, was appointed in his stead.
White was removed because his appoint
ments for enumerators were unsatisfactory
te General Walker, the head of the census
bureau. Judge Kelley was mainly instru
mental in his removal en account of the
appointments in the Fifteenth ward, where
it is alleged that all were taken from the
Rcyhuru faction, which is opposing Kellcy's
nomination for Congress, and that many
were notoriously disreputable characters.
Fer several days past General Walker has
been receiving letters complaining of the
character of White's appointees.
statu; items.
Ground has been broken about half a
mile cast of Womclsderf station for the
erection of a powder mill.
Samuel Smith, a Lebanon county Dunk
ard, was caught en the read by thieves,
gagged and robbed, and left lying bound,
bruised and helpless.-
Near Tamaqua some small boys at play
in the barn of Charles Miller set fire te
some hay and an extensive conflagration
set in. .Six dwellings en Gay street, two
large barns and two houses situated en
Pitt street were destroyed.
An old German named Philip Bescr.
who for the last twelve or fifteen years had
been an inmate of the Northampton coun
ty almshouse, committed suicide by hang
ing himself te the fence that surrounds
the Petter's field there.
Rebert McCormick, aged 20, a son of J.
F. McCormick, of Nittany valley, Clinten
county, and a student at the Central nor
mal school, Leck Haven, was accidentally
drowned in the river yesterday wiine eatn-
ing with a number of ether students.
The dead boy tramp who was accident
ally killed in a barn near Titusville in
company with ether tramps, is proven te
be Willie B. Stokely, who, en the 20th of
February, 1879. was enticed away from
his home in Wilmington, Del., by two
tramps, who were traveling with a Punch
it Judy show.
bXl'LODlXti AiN Oil. CAN.
A Kecbestcr Servant' Fatal Efferts te Kin
dle a Smeuldering Fire.
In Rochester, Mary O'Connor, a servant
45 years old, attempted te kindle a lire by
covering the kindling with kerosene poured
from a can. There was a fire underneath
which ignited the oil, and the can exploded
in her hands with a loud report. Her
clothing and person were covered with oil.
She rushed frantically out into the street,
enveloped in a sheet of flame and ran un
til she fell exhausted. Neighbors then
threw a quilt ever her and smothered the
flames, but the woman was frightfully
burned. Frem her face and legs and arms
the flesh peeled oft' and dropped into the
street. Hundreds saw her flight into the
street, and muc'.i sympathy was aroused.
She was taken te the hospital, and physi;
cians express a belief that she cannot sur
vive. A Cyclone in Dakota.
A cyclone passed through Mitchell, D.
K., at about 7 o'clock last evening, doing
much damage te persons and property.
Jacob Luther, of New Alamakcc, Iowa,
and Henry Smith, a colored boy or Kane
county, Illinois, were killed ; and Fred
Frances, of Dccetah, Iowa ; Mr. Phelps,
of Kane, 111 ineis ; and Fritz Budd, were
badly wounded, William II. Meth, of Co
lumbia, Wisconsin, was also injured. Many
buildings were blown down in the village,
which contains 000 inhabitants, all of the
buildings having been built this spring.
Most of the frame buildings near the town
were blown te pieces, but the extent of
the damage in the town is vet unknown.
One Fortunate Thing.
Philadelphia Times.
It was fortunate for the warring Republi
can factions of Lancaster that they had an
honest Democratic mayor te cellar their
reunders and bummers and keep the peace,
and that they had first-class bank vaults
in whicli te place the primary returns ever
night, where they could be beyond the
reach of the figure smasBers of both sides.
Tlie Way te Simplify Matters.
Wilkexbfirrc Keeerd of the Times, Kcp,
When the national convention assembles
General Legan ought te introduce a reso
lution, before the permanent organization
is affected, that no delegate be admitted
unless he pledge himself te vote for Gen.
Grant en first ballet. This would simplify
matters.
Locked Up.
A man named Wm. Reed was arrested
for disorderly conduct at Ginder's store
East King street, last evening. He entered
the store and became se abusive and insult
ing that Mr. Ginder put him out. He
seen afterward returned with a club, with
which te beat Ginder, but was arrested
and taken before Alderman McConemy,
who committed him for 20 days.
Seme time during yesterday's session of
the Republican return judges meeting tlie
president was found. Meantime the count
was proceeded with. District after dis
trict was read and recorded. The tiresome
monotony of the reading of the long
columns of figures was happily broken by
the spirited remarks of Jake Price, who was
almost constantly en his feet from the
commencement te the close of the session.
Our limited space, aud the restrictive law
against the publication of obscene litera
ture, precludes the possibility of reproduc
ing Mr. Price's remarks in full. Sullice it
te say, he was all eye, idl car, all tongue,
and all muscle, and having read and ap ap
pieved the Jeffcrsenian maxim that "eter
nal vigilance is the price of liberty, " he
appointed himself an eternal vigilance
committee of one te watch Jack Fry, Sam
Greff, Al. Edwards, Thad. Dickey ! aud
the entire election beard. He suspected
all of them of being dash
dashed frauds, and he might be blank
blanked if he didn't keep an eye en all of
them. At every movement made by any
one of them, he would cry out, " I'm a
watching of you drop that paper what
arc you sticking in your pocket there '.'
Mr. President, I move this convention is a
fraud, and I want the motion brought in
front of the house. Fry, hew much did
von cret for selliu' us out? There you go
again, chatigiu' mere figures. If you ue
that again may I be blank blanked if I
don't jump en the stage and tear all the
dash dashed papers te dash. De you hear '.'
I move we adjourn for an hour and I want
that motion put in front of the house its
always in order. Yeu won't put it ?
Then I'll leave."
And Jake went out, greeted with cheers
and laughter. But he seen returned, hav
ing evidently "seen a man," aud, taking a
front scat, became mere loquacious and de
monstrative than before.
Meantime the count went en and even
Jake's vigorous rcmenstraccs began te
lese their interest when another matter
was brought te the attention of the con
vention. President Fry presented a com
munication from Adam J. Eberly, in which
he declared his belief that he had been
chosen the Republican candidate for dis
trict attorney, and that this fact could be
proved if a fair investigation were had ;
but he had reason te believe that a major
ity of the committee of invcstsratien in
tended, te stifle investigation and he
therefore asked the beard te direct the
committee te fully investigate the alleged
frauds, and give timely notice of the time
of the meeting te the candidates interested.
'Squire Ruidcubach presented a resolu
tion (also in.Mr. Ebcrly's hand-writting)
embodying Mr. Eberly's views, and moved
its adoption.
Mr. Greff protested that the only busi
ness before the convention was the count
ing el tlie returns. Alter uns went snan
have been finished the cotiventienjmay con
sider ether business if it be deemed neces
sary. Chainian Fry thought the present the
proper time te consider 'Squire Reiden
baeh's resolution, as it had reference te
the contested districts.
Maj. Cexasked the chairman whether
any contested district had been counted ;
and Mr. Fry answered "Ne." Majer Cox
asked if it was the intention te count any
contested district before the committee of
investigation reported upon it ; and Mr.
Fry again answered "Ne." "Then" said
Majer Cox, "let us go en with the count;of
the uncontested districts." (Cheers).
President Frv insisted that the reselu
tien of Squire Reidenbach was before the
house and must be considered.
Several delegates declared the resolu
tion out of order and appealed from the
decision of the chair, but the chair would
net entertain the appeal.
A vote was then taken en'tbc question
of considering the resolution, and it was
voted down almost unanimously.
The counting of the returns was re
sumed, and Jake Price resumed his watch.
He appeared te be even mere suspicious
of his friend Fry than of his enemy Greff,
and he swore by all the oaths of which he
had command that if either of them
touched another paper he would jump
upon the stage and tear them all te hell.
He attempted te make his words geed,
and springing ever the railing of the or
chestra he was in the act of clambering
upon the stage when he was seized by two
policemen and pulled down. There were
loud cries of put him out, but Sammy
Greff interceded for himfand he was permit
ted te remain en condition that he would
be quiet and net disturb the business of
the convention. Disgusted with what he
regarded as the villainy of the officers of
the beard, Jake again left, but seen re
turned warmer than ever.
The count went en with nothing te enliven
it except Mr. Price's eloquence until late in
the afternoon en motion the convention
adjourned te the second-story of the
opera house, been attcrwarus it was an
nounced that the committee en investiga
tien was ready te report.
The chair looked stunned and doubted if
there was a quorum present, and unless
there was the report could net be receiv
ed. Against the pretest of nearly the
whole convention he ordered the roll te he
called. Thirty-one districts answered.
The chair declared there was no quorum.
Beb Evans declared the chair te be a dash
ed ass. Majer Cox read the rule of the
party made te govern such cases, showing
that a majority of the return judges then
present should determine contested dis
tricts.
The chair refused te receive the report.
An appeal was taken from his decision and
the appeal was sustained.
The report was then presented.
The chair insisted en putting the dis
tricts en record, and demanded a call of
the yeas and nays.
Great confusion followed and the call
was finally abandoned, and the president
finally agreed te receive "the report, or
rather reports, for there were two of
them.
They were read as fellows :
Principal Kepert.
We the undersigned, committee of in
vestigation en contested election distsicts
make the following report :
The contested returns of Menntville,
Third ward city, Mount Jey township,
(Breuehran's school house), Third ward
Columbia, Union Square (10th election
district), Warwick township and Coneste-
ga townships, shall be received and counted
as showaen the face of the returns.
In the Sixth ward, city, for director of the
peer Martin Kreider had 183 votes en the
tally sheet, 'while en' retnrn paper he was
given 103 votes. This committee declares
thatMartin Kreider sheuldjreceive thejnum
ber of votes as shown en the tallysheet 133
vetesj; and the remainder of the return be
Ountcd as upon the return papers and
ia!lv sheets.
iii the Seventh ward, city, the delegates
and alternates are given en the returns
2S2 votes, but there appears no tallysheet.
This committee decide that the votes for
delegates and alternates shall net be re
ceived ; otherwise the returns be counted
as returned.
In Indiantown, the tally sheet gives 27
votes for W. II. Brosius for Legislature,
while the return papers only give 21 votes.
This committee decides that the votes tlu.t
appear en the tally sheet (27) shall be re
ceived aud the balance of the return as re
corded, JOSEl'li II. HuiiEi.
J. C Redseckei:,
A. C. Gast,
Pekcy P. Sciieck,
J. II. SWOPE,
Committee.
Additional Kepert.
In the Eighth ward, city, one of the in
spectors and one of the clerks have signed
the returns under pretest ; there are no
tally-sheets or poll books, aud the rules of
the party require tuat tnese snail ee re
turned? te the judges ; therefore, we, the
undersigned members of the committee,
pretest and decide against the counting of
any of the returns from the Eighth ward,
citv
Jes. II. IICIIEK,
J. C. Redseckei,
A. C. Gast,
Pekcy P. Sciieck,
Committee.
The repoitsweie adopted by an almost
unanimous vote, anu tne committee was
discharged.
The counting of the returns was then
continued until all the districts .had been
called.
Davis Makes a Speech.
It being certain that Thes. J Davis esq.,
had received the nomination for district at
torney, he was called upon for a speech.
He responded at some length, and with
much emotion and in broken tones thanked
his fricuds for the gallcnt fight they had
made. in his behalf, forgave his enemies for
their opposition te his nomination ; antici
pated a victory for Grant or Blaine and
premised te de his duty, if elected district
attorney, te the best of his ability.
On motion the return judges adjourn
ed nine die.
OTJB FIBS DEPARTMENT.
Annual Visit by tbe Councils Committee.
DAVIS AND EBEKI.Y.
The Vete By Districts.
Following is the vete for district at
torney en the two leading candidates as it
was finally counted by the return judges
yesterday :
districts.
City, 1st ward
2d "
" 3d "
" 4tli "
" 5th "
" nth "
" 7th
" sth "
" lull "
Caernarvon
Klizal'ctlitewn ,
Northwestern
Norwood
Kplirata
Brecknock
Providence
Spring vlllu
I.cnceck
Kolirer&te wn
r'ulteu
Sporting Hill
Celeraln
K. Lampeter.
Mnytewn
XV. Denegal
Salisbury
Strieklur's Scheel Heuse..
W. Earl
Elizabeth
Str.is.burg imr
W. Lampeter.
Mt. Jey ber
Millersville
Martic
Marietta
Man heiin ISnrnugli
1.. W. Washington
U. XT. Washington
Manheim twp
Penn
Pequea
Paradise
W. Cocalico
Ceney
Newtown
Columbia, 1st
2d
M
Clay
Drumore
Mt. Jey, Upper
Hart
Salisbury
K.Kaii
Lancaster twp
tdamstewn
Upper I.eaceck
strasburg twp
Little liritain
Karl
Petersburg
Ed!ii
Maner New
Silver Springs
Indiantown
Warwick
Menntville
Union Square
Conestoga
K. Cocalico,
Mt. Jey Lewer..
Total
38 69
72 01
255 40
i2 SI
2li ll8
23'J '.
28 182
"J5 "ie
4 17
37 !
25 4
56 2
4U 211
It 66
. 50 84
4.1 11
. 25 li
14 25
80 3U
47 ....
43 H
31 40
. 21
8 1
. 126 31
3 3
. .... 82
8 61
. 25 41
. 117 27
. 127 31
. 53 16
. 57 !)1
. 1W 1.VJ
. 53 62
6 5
15 21
78 48
15 54
. 101 28
8 34
. 52 73
. 2 3
. 24 4
81 8
. 76 10
. 75 47
1 178
. 45 28
. 35 21
. 43 21
. 42 32
. 3 19
. 20 16
9 30
. 39 50
. 43 !I2
. 10 1
. ?.) 49
. 17 57
. 17 6
7 21
. 75 6
. 93 10
. 14 222
. 83 3
. 21 7
. 1S9 61
15 89
. 69 42
. 3til7l.10
List or Unclaimed Letters.
The following is a list of uuclaimed letters-remaining
in Lancaster for the week
ending Monday, May 24th, 1880 :
Ladies'' List. Mary M. Bewers, Miss
Kate Beese, Miss Lizzie Campbell, Mrs.
Mary Deuchcr, Miss Mary Fritchie, Miss
Nettie Hause, Miss Lizzie Hess, Mrs.
Jenes, Miss Mary Keller, Mrs. C. Marien.
Miss Manic Umble.
Owte' Lisl.S.. L. Bucds & Ce., Jere
miah Cooper, Scott Davis, Geerge Dum
baiigh, Jacob Fetter, Jehn Hartman, Ed
win Hammack, Chas. Hagan, Emlcn Hess,
Geerge S. Ilerr, Jacob II. Hubcr, Harry
Keller, Heme Lcathcrman, New en Miller,
Jehn A. Martain, Leuis Murr, Christian
Shnetzan, Z. F. Shcaflcr, Christian Snadcr,
Mr. Shultz. Jehn P. Swenger, Franklin
S. Wift, William Wohn, Milten Zercher.
Change of
Schedule en tbe
Kailread.
Pennsylvania
On and after te-day the Niagara express
westward, due here at 10:10, and the Han
over accommodation, leaving here at 10:10
will "be abandoned. A new train te be
known as the Niagara and Chicago ex
press will take the place of the former,
leaving Philadelphia at 9 and running
through without stepping, arriving here
at 11:0. and at Pittsburgh at 7:30 p. m.,
stepping only at Harrisburg and Alteena.
Mail train Ne. 2 west will take th" place
of the Hanover accommodation we t. con
necting at Lancaster with mail N j. 1 at
10:33 a. in., and with the Niagara and
Chicago express at 11:0." a.m.,and will run
through te Hanover, connecting at Colum
bia with train through te Harrisburg via
Marietta.
Pacific express east will leave at 1:10
and day express east will leave at 4:45.
Court of Common Pleas.
Jehn M. Newcemct vs.Stephen Sheaffer,
the counsel in this case began te speaking
yesterday afternoon, and the case was
given te 'the jury shortly before neon today.
Inspection of Apparatus Satisfactory Werk
of the Steamers.
Yesterday afternoon Walter M. Frank
lin, esq., chairman of the committee en
fire engine and hose companies of city
councils, Messrs. Chas. E. Downey and
Jehn J. Hartley, members of the com
mittee, and Messrs. Wm. J. Feidney.
Frederick Arneld and Lee Jacobs, ch ef
and assistant engineers of the city
fire department made their annual
visit te the several engine houses et"
the city, for the purpose of inspecting the
hose, engines and ether apparatus, as re
quired by city ordinance. Dr. Jehn Lever Lever
geed, president of common council, hap
pening along as the party was preparing te
start, was invited te join them, and the
Intelligence", man met with a similar
courtesy, and promptly stepped into
one of the coaches waiting te
bear the inspectors en their pil
grimage. They were seen speeding
up West King street Mil, down which the
"EigG" is went te thunder with such
amazing alacrity at the first call of dis
tress. The engine house of the Humane
is situated en Maner street just in
from West King. It is a low, rather dilapidated-looking
structure that has with
steed the storms of a geed many years, but
is kept clean and in as geed order as cir
cumstances will permit. The company is
erecting a new heuse en West King street,
just above the Green Tree hotel, and the
visitors were invited te the site
of the new structure te see what
is going en there. The cellar
has been dug, foundation laid and first
fleer timbers put down. The building will
be 32 feet front by 100 feet in depth, witli
an altitude of 38 feet, and when completed
will probably be one of the handsomest en
gine houses in the city. The ground which
the structure is te occupy has been bought
and paid for with $1,700, in addition te
which $1,200 has thus far been expended
en the work done, llie company has se
cured a lean of $3,500, aud the amount
additional necessary te complete the work
is about $1,700, which will be raised by
subscription. The entire cost of the
new building will be something
ever $8,000. These of our citizens who
may be waited en in this behalf will no
doubt promptly respond te the appeal
made te their liberality ; for they may be
sure of a judicious expenditure of their
contributions, and the Humane boys are
deserving of generous aid in their effort te
acquire a building that will be attractive
in architectural design aud complete in its
appointments.
The trim little Jenes aud Hayes steamer
of the company with its mountings shin
ing like burnishing silver, steed at the cor
ner of West King and Charlette streets,
surrounded by a large crowd of men and
boys, as the committee arrived en the
scene. The engineer in charge of the pretty
little machine was Alenzo Gettsehalk.
The torch was applied te the furnace of
the boiler, and within 9 minutes, despite a
few unlooked-for delays, the engine was
working smoothly and noiselessly, throw
ing a heavy stream of water down Char
lette street threuirh 500 hundred feet of
gum hose. The engine and four-wheel
hose carriage are in geed order, and the
ten sections (500 feet) of gum hose be
longing te the city is also in perfect condi
tion, the firemen reporting it as giving
entire satisfaction.
The next point visited was the ShifHer
Ne. 7 engine house, Seuth Queen street,
where the handsome steamer, a fourth
class ( 3,000 pounds ) engine made by
Cele Brethers, of Pawtucket, R. I., was in
charge of its efficient engineer, Themas
Andersen, and his fireman, Wm. Wen
ninger and Daniel Yeung. The engine
was in admirable condition and get up
steam in 7 J minutes after applying the fire.
Mr. Andersen took a pardonable degree of
pride in explaining te his visitors the beau
tics of his engine, which, among many ad
mirable features, has an arrangement by
which the water may be turned off and en
again while the engine continues in action,
and water is kept in the boiler continuous
ly. With CO pounds of steam the engine
can draw 1G0 pounds water pressure and
play at this rate through an inch
nozzle three hours without step
ping. The engine house of the
the Shilller is kept in geed order, the hall
is an airy, commodious apartment, with
nicely frescoed walls, which are hung with
pictures, Hags and ensigns, while the com
pany owns a number of fine trophies in the
shape of silver lire horns, etc. There are
also two handsome four-wheel hose car
riages, aud besides the e00 feet et new
gum hose recently purchased by the city,
450 feet of geed leather hose and a single
section of unserviceable leather hose.
The plug in front of the engine house
leaks and should receive attention.
At the engine house of the Sun Ne. 1,
en East Vine street, Geerge Anne, engi
neer and Benjamin Belbacli, fireman, were
waiting for their guests, together with a
number of the firemen, and the usual
crowd of curious spectators. The steamer,
a large thiid-class Houpt, of 7000 pounds
weight, leaded and ready for use, is in
geed working condition, and raised steam
in six minutes anil a-half, executing its
work efficiently and standing " as solid as
a rock " while playing heavy streams
through two lines of hose, in all 850 feet.
Mr. Anne courteously answered all queries
of his visit )rs. With twenty-five pounds of
steam, his eugine draws 70 water pressure.
The company has one four-wheel hose car
riage, 850 feet of geed gum hose, and one
section of bad hose net in service. The'
machinery is kept clean and in geed order,
and the house and property are tidy and
well-kept.
The American engine, standing at the
corner of East King and Shippen streets,
looked bright and shiny like a new geld
dollar, the painting aud ether decoration
it has lately received making it one of
the prettiest pieces of machinery in the
department. It is a seeend-elass Amos Ames
keag engine, manufactured at Manches
ter, N. II., of 0,219 weight. Chief
Engineer Isaac Kinncar was net present,
but the steamer was in charge of his
expeiienced assistants, Gee. E. Bail and
Gee. Kieifer, with Jehn Wertz officiating
as fireman. The torch was applied
and in six minutes by the watch the little
beauty was doing her work noiselessly and
gracefully as the heart of the most critical
engineer could desire. The appearance of
the engine house did net very favorably
impress the inspecting visitors, and they
did net long linger within its precincts.
Besides the 500 feet of city gum hose,
which is in admirable condition, as is in
deed is all the apparatus, the. company has
a section of American double jacket cotton
hose of its own, one large and handsome
four-wheel hose carriage and one smaller
two-wheel vehicle.
The Union Ne. 1 engine was tried at the
Intelueenceh corner, Centre square and
Seuth Queen streets,and a large and inter
ested crowd of spectators witnessed the
perfeimauee. This is the "old reliable "
Butten steamer of the thiid class, 4,800
pounds weight: It is always in order,
always leeks well, and the committee
were pronounced in their admiration of its
fine appearance and geed work. Chief
Engineer Jacob R. Waters was in charge,
assisted by his subordinates, Frank Spicer,
Charles Seith and Byren Cummin;, s In
six minutes the engine was moving
quietly and effectively, and Engineer
Waters pointed with pride te the steady
work of the machine, which, without any
artificial support, scarcely quivered under
the pressure brought te bear upon it. Tlie
Union own. besides their steamer, a three
wheel hose cart, and a two-wheel reel.
They use horses in drawing their engine
and cart te fires. Their 300 feet of new
gum hose provided by the city is in geed
condition, and they have also 400 feet of
old gum hose belonging the city, 400 feet
of old gum hose, their own, which is geed
for GO pounds pressure, and a hundred feet
of their own new gum hose.
The Washington Ne. 4 engine isofNcafie
& Levy build, third class, 6,430 pounds. It
was in charge of Chief Engineer Jacob
Herzeg and four assistants Harry Blick
inderfer. Jehn W. Samson, William Hath
von and William Thompson. The engine
worked in five minutes after applying the
torch. Engineer Herzeg informed his
visitors that the engine has cost nothing
for repairs, except new flues, since its pur
chase in 1807, and it is in admirable order.
He showed an attachment with which the
engine is provided for thawing out frozen
plugs, by which precious time may be
.saved at a lire en a cold winter day, ami
also a very clever arrangement for gauging
the stream te a one-story, two-story or
three-story building, as the case may be,
by a simple turn of a valve en the engine.
The new city hose is in geed order, anil
the "Washy" own, besides, 200 feet of old
hose that will stand 40 pounds, together
with a quantity of unserviceable hose.
The four-wheel carriage is, like the steamer,
kept neat and pretty, wliil the hall is
comfortably furnished aud carpeted, and
the walls decorated with pictures and va
rious emblems. The grounds in the rear
arc also tastefully laid out in well-kept
llewcr beds and grass plat. The plug in
front of the engine house is bad and
should be replaced by a new one. Th's
company employs horses in hauling the
steamer te fires.
The Friendship Ne. 2, whose handsenu:
engine house stands en North Duke street,
at the railroad bridge, was next visited.
They have a fine third-class .letters engine,
of 4,600 weight. Its polished mountings
and bright paint almost dazzled the eyes
of the spectator as it steed in the sun, a
thing of beauty and a joy forever. In the
absence f Chief Engineer James Felleti
baum, Daniel Trewitz, jr., his assistant,
was in charge. The time required te
raise steam was six and a-half minutes,
and in the examination of the many ingeni
ous features of the engine the visitei.t
were particularly interested in a step cock
by whicli the man at the pipe can in an
instant check the stream, the w.ife:
being forced back aud permitted te
escape by a relief valve at the en
gine. The " machine " worked nobly, and
gave entire satisfaction. The engine house
was examined and found te be in a clean,
tidy condition. A tower in the rear is
utilized for drying hose by menus of an
apparatus en which it is suspended and
permitted te drip oil". This company has
a four-wheel hose carriage, 500 feet of
city gum hose, and a quantity of unservice
able old hose. This company also uses
horses te draw its steamer.
Just across the street the Empire hook
and ladder company Ne. 1, were waiting
for their guests, whom Mr. Harry N.
Hewell took in charge and showed ever
the building. The appearance of the hand
some geese-necked truck of this company,
which was built by C. E. Harts
home. of New Yerk, and has re
cently undergone a thorough over
hauling and repainting at the works
of Messrs. Nerbcck & Miley, in this city,
is familiar te all who witnessed and admir
ed it in the recent firemen's parade ; for te
see it is te admire. It is provided with
eight ladders, of a total length of 170 feet,
seven hooks, four axes, two picks, crow
bar and grappling hook, being complete in
all its details for the purposes intended.
Mr. Hewell took his guests into the hall
of the house, which is furnished in a style
almost approaching luxury Brussels car
pet en the fleer, the walls handsomely pa
pered and hung with pictures. Up in the
tower, whither the visitors wended their
way, and whence a splendid view of the
city is obtained, is the big alarm bell, which
has become the unerring signal of fire, and
the sounding of which without positive
knowledge of the existence and location of
the lire the company has provided against
by enacting a heavy fine for the transgres
sion of the law. J. K. Metzger is the chief
director of the company, Thes. C. Wiley
assistant director for the first district and
Julius Levy, jr., for the second.
At this point the pilgrimage came te an
end, and the committee, pretty well tirtd
out by the afternoon's work, desisted
from further inspection from sheer lack of
further material te inspect. On the
whole the condition of our volunteer liie
department was found te be eminent
ly satisfactory and tee much praise
cannot be awarded te the Inave
men who belong te the several companies
and who arc constantly subjecting them
selves net merely te all manner of discein-.
fort, but te actual danger in their battling
with the fire fiend without hope of further
reward than the consciousness or work
done in a noble cause. The meagre ap
propriation of councils is a small item in
the annual expenses of the companies, and
their creditable efforts te keep themselves
afloat should always meet with a hearty
response. Chief Engineer of the Fire De
partment Fordney, who was one of
yesterday's inspecting party, says there are
three thiugs necessary te the comple
tion of the efficiency of the depart
ment, and they arc a telegraph i
fire alarm, ropes with which te sur
round the scene of lire, and badges
for the firemen by which they might he
distinguished from the mass of humanity
that usually congregates upm such occa
sions; persons wearing such badges te
lie admitted within the ropes, aud si
ethers rigorously excluded, in Older
that the effective work of the firemen
might net be interfered with by outsiders,
who, under the present order of things,
crowd themselves in the way, and consti
tute a source of serious annoyance. An
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