"-" i--- t mKMt . - Volume XVL-Ne. 238. LANCASTER, PA., MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1880. Price Twe Gmts. m DRY SPECIAL AT NEW YORK STORE. One Case Figured Dress Goods, Spring Shades, 10c a yard ; -old everywhere atl2c. One Case Twilled Beiges, liic a yaid ; worth 17c. One Cum) Plain Beiges, 12c a yanl ; regular pi ice 20c. WK) SHETLAND SHAWLb in Caidinal, Ulue and White, 50c eacli, would be cheap at $1. JUhT OPENED AN IMMENaE STOCK.OF PARASOLS AND SUNSHADES, At les than Manufacturer's Prices. GREAT BARGAIN. 1(K 24-inch Silk, Parasols at $1.2u uiual price $1.75. Watt, Shand & Company, S AND 1 0 EAST KING STREET. J. B. MARTIN & CO. We are daily receiving Choice New Patterns LAWIS AID &IMHAIS, WHITE GOODS, SUMMER SILKS, VICTORIA LAWNS, DOTTED SWISS, SPRING HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR. fflten's fancy Hosiery, Parasols, 4c. We in show Ing a complete stock in every department, and respectfully solicit a call. J. B. MARTIN & CO. WALL PAPERS! WALL PAPERS! WALL PAPERS! All the New Spung Styles from the Leading Manufacturers. Embossed Geld, isrenzc hatiiis. Gieunds and lilank's, w ith D.ide, Frieze and llerders te match. CAEPETS ! CARPETS ! CAEPETS ! I'.ia'ssEl.s, TAPLsTltY, INGRAIN AND HALL CAIlPETs. MATTINGS ! WHITE AN!) FANCV CHINA MATTINGS AND OIL CLOTHS. HAGER & BROTHER, NO. 25 WEST KESTG STREET. WATCHES, .JEWELUY, &c EDW. J. ZAHM, Jeweler, Zahm's Cerner, DEALER IN AMERICAN & FOREIGN WATCHES; Sterling Silver anil Silver-Plated Ware, duels, Jewelry ml Mel Tinted Spectacles. W e offer our putiens the benefit of our long experience in business, by which we are able te aid them in making the best use of their money in any department of our business. We mamil.icturca large pait of the goods wesell, and buy only lrem First-Class Houses. Every article sold accompanied ith a bill stating its quality. Bl'irst-CIass Watch and General Repairing given special alUmtieu. ZAHM'S CORNER. VLOTllISa. A FACT WORTH THE REPUTATION OF THE -OF- A. C. YATES & CO. FULLY ESTABLISHED. -:e:- Four Yearn of Success in Producing First-Class CLOTHING. :e: INCREASING SALES AND SPREADING POPULARITY THE RESULT OP OUR EFFORTS TO PLEASE THE PUBLIC. AN OPEN DOOU TO ALL AT THE LEDGER! raSE?3ru (BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, THE FINEST CLOTHING HOUSE IX AMERICA. JUST RECEIVED THE LARGEST LOT OP GENTLEMEN'S AND BOYS' FURNISHING GOODS Ever brought te this city, embracing- all the new, beautiful and most stylish colors in Neckties and Scarfs for the Summer Season. Men's Colored JSalbriggan Hee, with Embroidered Silk clocks : Scarlet and ISlue Silk Hese; Fancy Colored Half Hese; Sniped Cotten Halt Hese and Meiine Half Hese. Men's and Beys' Suspenders and Fine llraces, in all styles and Celers. Men's and Beys' White Dres and Colored Shirts, Superior Cheviot Shirts, and Blue Flannel Neglige Shirts. Men's and Beys Summer Underwear in Merine and India Gauze. Men's and BevV Colored Lisle Thread and Kid Gloves, ter Summer Wear. Men's and Beys' Vulcanized liubber Braces, and a large stock of fine Silk, French Linen end Cambric Handkerchiefs. Men's and Beys' Latest Styles Fine Linen and Paper Cellars and Cutis. MYERS & RATHFON, CENTRE HALL, e. 12 EAST KING STREET, tlOODS. BAEGALNS THE - in Lancaster, Pa., LANCASTER, PA. EEMEIBEBUG ! GREAT CLOTHING HOUSE LANCASTER, PENN'A. CLOTUISti. 1880. 1880. RATHV0N& FISHER, PRACTICAL A3JD FASHIONABLE TAILORS. SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, COATINGS, SUITINGS, VESTINGS, PARTINGS. TROUSERINGS, OVERCOATINGS, Made te order for Men and Beys in the prevail ing Styles, and satisfaction guaranteed. Alse, Ready-Made Clothing! AND ALL KINDS OF FURNISHING GOODS At the Old Price before the Advance, AT RATHVON & FISHER'S Practical Tailoring Establishment, 101 SOUTH QUEEN STUEET. iu4-lmd H. GERHART'S Tailoring Establishment, MONDAY, APRIL 5. Having just returned lrem the New Yerk Woolen Market. 1 am new prepared te exhibit one of the Best Selected Stocks of WOOLENS reu THE Sn and Slier Trade, Ever bienght te this city. Nene but the very best of ENGLISH, FRENCH AMERICAN FABRICS, in all the Leading Stj le-j. Prices as low as the lowest, and all goods wan-anted as represent ed, at H. GERHART'S, Ne. 51 North Queen Street. Spring Opening AT 2-1 CENTRE SQUARE. We have fet sale for the coming seasons an Immense Stock of of our own manufacture, which comprises the Latest and Most STYLISH DESIGIS. Come and see our NEW GOODS -FOR MERCHANT TJMII, which is larger and composed of the best styles te be leuntl in the city. D. B. Hostetter t Sen, 24 CENTRE SQUARE. 2G-lyd LANCASTER. PA GROCERIES. w TMOLttSALK AMD KKTAIL. LEV AX'S FLOUR AT Ne. 227 NORTH PRINCE STREET. dl7-lyd TINK OLIVE OILS. FOU TABLE USE. DURKE'S SALAD DRESSING, AT D. S. BUKSK'S Ne. 17 EAST KING STREET. 1HOlCE HAMS AND DRIED REEF, AT BUKSK'S- c ANNED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AT A KEDUCTION, Te close out stock ler the season, at BURSK'S. CHOICE MAPLE SL'GAK -AT- BUKSK'S. AE. McUANN, AUCTIONEER OF REAL . Estate and Personal Property. Orders left at Ne. 35 Charlette street, or at the Black Herse Hetel, 44 and 46 North Queen street, will receive prompt attention. BlUs made out and ttended te without additional cost. e27-ly PW OPENING How-hie CletiM Eatuastrr IntcHtgcncrr. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1880. CHICAGO. THE PLATFORM ADOPTED. A String of Platitudes, Evasions and Self Self Self (ilorilicalieu. In the Chicago convention en Saturday afternoon Mr. Pierrepont, of New Yerk, from the resolution committee, reported as fellows : I need hardly say that in a com mittee composed of one from each state in the union, from each territory,and from the District of Columbia, there is a great diver sity of opinion about the question of the resolutions te be brought before the con vention. Early in the convention it became apparent that we would have a sufficient number of exciting topics te keep us active and awake, and we have endeavored in the resolutions which we present te have nothing en which we could net ourselves agree and nothing that would tend te dis turb the harmony of this convention or awaken angry debate or cause long delay. I have new the honor te present the reso lutions which the committee have agreed upon : The Platform. The Republican party, in national con vention assembled, at the end of twenty years since the federal government was lirst committed te its charge, submit te the people of the United States this brief re port of its administration. It suppressed a rebellion which had armed nearly a mil lion of men te subvert the national author ity. Applause. It reconstructed the union of the states, with freedom instead of slavery as its corner-stone. Applause. It transformed 4,000,000 of human beings from the likeness of things te the rank of citizens. Applause. It relieved Con gress from the infamous work of hunting fugitive slaves, and charged it te see that slavery does net exist. It has raised the value of our paper currency from thirty eight per cent, te the par of geld. Cheers. It has restored upon a solid basis payment of coin for all the national obligations, and has given us a currency absolutely geed and equal in every part of our extended country. It has lifted the credit of the nation from the point where six per cent, bends sold at eighty-six cunts te that where four per cent bends are eagerly sought at a premium. Under its administration railways have increased from 31,000 miles in 18G0 te mere than 82,000 miles in 1879. Our foreign trade has increased from $700, 000,000 te $1,130,000,000 in the same time, and our experts, which were $20,000,000 less than our imports in 18G0, were $204, 000,000 nieie than our impeits in 1879. (Applause.) Without resorting te leans it has since the war-closed defrayed the ordi nary expenses of the government, besides the accruing interest en the public debt, and has annually disbursed mere than $30, 000,000 for soldiers' pensions. It has paid $288,000,000 of the public debt, and by le funding the balance at lower rates has re duced the annual interest charge from nearly $151,000,000 te less than $89,000, 000. All the industries of the country have revived, labor is in demand, wages have increased, and throughout the entire ceun try there is evidence of a coming prosper ity greater than we have ever enjoyed. Upen this record the Republican party asks for the continued confidence and sup port of the people, and this convention submits for their approval the following statements of the principles and purposes which will continue te guide and inspire its elfei ts : Fit t We affirm that the work of the last twenty-one years has been such as te commend itself te the favor of the nation, and that the fruits of the costly victeiies which we have achieved through immense difficulties should be preserved ; that the peace regained should be cherished ; that the dissevered union new happily restored should be perpetuated, and that the liber ties secured te this generation should be transmitted undiminished te future gen erations ; that the order established and the credit acquired should never be impaired ; that the pensions promisedjsheuld be ex tinguished by the full payment of every dollar theieef ; that the reviving industries should be further promoted, and that the commerce, already se great, should be steadily encouraged. Second The constitution of the United States is a supreme law and net a mere contract ; out of confederated states it made a sovereign nation. Seme powers are denied te the nation, while ethers ate denied te the states ; but the boundary between the powers delegated and these reserved is te be determined by the na tional and net by the state tribunals. ( Ap plause.) Third The work of popular education is one left te the care of the several states, but it is the duty of the national govern ment te aid that work te the extent of its constitutional duty. The intelligence of the nation is but the aggregate of the in telligence of the several states, and the destiny of the nation must be guided, net by the jcnius of any one state, but by the average genius of all. Fourth The constitution wisely forbids Cengrcs te make any law respecting an establishment of religion, but it is idle te hope that the nation can be protected against the influence of sectarianism while each state is exposed te its deminaRVi. We therefore recommend that the consti tution be se amended as te lay the same prohibition upon the Legislature of each state and te forbid the appropriation of the public funds te the support of secta rian schools. Cheers. Fifth We affirm the belief avowed in 1870 that the duties levied for the purpose of revenue should se discriminate as te favor American labor (applause) that no further grant of the public domain should be made te any railway or ether corporation ; that slavery having perished in the states, its twin barbarity, polygamy, must die in the territories (applause) that every where the protection accorded te citizens of American birth must be se cured te citizens by American adoption, and that we esteem it the duty of Con gress te develop and improve our water courses and harbors, but insist that further subsidies te private persons or cor porations must cease ; that the obligations of the republic te the men who preserved its integrity in the hour of battle are un diminished by the lapse of the fifteen years since their final victory te de them perpetual honor is, and shall forever be, the grateful privilege and sacred duty of the American people. Sixth Since the authority te regulate immigration and intercourse between the United States and foreign nations rests with Congress, or with the United States and its treaty making, the Republican party, regarding the unrestricted immigra tion of the Chinese as an evil of great mag nitude, invoke the exercise of these powers te restrain and limit that immigration by the enactment of such just, humane and reasonable previsions as will produce that result. Seventh That the purity and patriotism which characterized the career or Ruther ford B. Hayes in peace and war and which guided the thoughts of our immediate predecessors te him for a presidential can didate have continued te inspire him in his career as chief executive, and that history will accord te his administration the honors which are due te an efficient, just and courteous discharge of the public business, and will honor his interpositions between the people and proposed partisan laws. (Cheers.) Eighth We charge upon the Democratic party the habitual sacrifice of patriet'sm and justice te a supreme and and insatiable lust of office and patronage ; that te obtain possession of the national and state govern ments and the control of place and position they have obstructed all efforts te promote the purity and conserve the freedom of suffrage, and have devised fraudulent certifications and return ; have labored te unseat lawfully elected members of Con gress ; te secure at all hazards the vote of a majority of the states in the Heuse of Re presentatives ; have endeavored te occupy by force and fraud the places of trust given te ethers by the people of Maine, and rescued by the courageeusaction of Maine's patriotic sous ; have by methods vicious in principle and tyrannical in practice at tached partisan legislation te appropriation bills, upon whose passage the very move ment of th3 government depends, and have crushed the rights of individuals; have advocated the principles and sought the favor of rebellion against the nation and have endcaveied te obliterate the sacred memory of the war and te overcome its inestimably valuable results of nationality perseual freedom and individual equality. The equal, steady, and complete enforce ment of the laws and the protection of all our citizens in the enjoyment of all pri vileges and immunities guaranteed by the constitution are the first duties of the nation. The dangers of a "solid" Seuth can only be averted by a faithful performance of every premise which the nation has made te the citizen. The execution of the laws and the punishment of theso who vio late them are the only safe methods by which an enduring peace can be secured and genuine prosperity established throughout the Seuth. Whatever premises the nation makes the nation must perform and the nation cannot with safety regulate this duty in the states. The "solid" Seuth must be divided through the peace ful agencies of the ballet, and all opinions must there find free expression, and te this end the honest voter must be protected against terrorism, violence or fraud. And we affirm it te be the duty and pur pose of the Republican party te use evcry legitimate means te restore all the states of this union te the most perfect harmenv that may be practicable, and we submit it te the practical, sensible people of the United States te say whether it would net be dangerous te the dearest interests of our country at this time te surrender the ad ministration of the national government te the party which seeke te overthrew the existing policy u nder which we are se prosperous, and thus bring distrust and confusion where there are new order, con fidence and hope. Civil Service Buncombe. The resolutions having been read by the secretary of the committee, Mr. James M. Barker, of Massachusetts, moved te amend by adding the following : The Republican party, adhering te the principles affirmed ly its last national con vention of icspect for the constitutional rules governing appointments te office, adepts the declaration of President Hayes, that the reform in the civil service shall be thorough, radical and complete. Te that end it demands the co-operation of the legislative with the executive department of the government, and that Congress shall se legislate that fitness, ascertained by proper practical tests, shall admit te the public service. That the tenure of admin istrative offices (except these through which the distinctive policy of the party in power shall be carried out) shall be perma nent during geed behavior, and that the power of removal for cause, with due re sponsibility for the geed conduct of subor dinates, shall accompany the power of ap pointment. Mr. Barker bi icily supported his propo prepo sition. Mr. Flanigan, of Texas, said his state had had enough of the civil service. They were net here for the purpose of getting offices for the Democracy. Laughter. J What are wc here for except te get office '? Great laughter and applause. He had great regard for that motto of the Demo cracy, "Te the victors belong the spoils." If the Republicans arc victors they are entitled te the offices, and these who fought in the cause will get them if jus tice is done. Mr. Cessna, of Pennsylvania, moved that the whole platform, together with the proposed amendment, be recommitted te the committee en resolutions, with in structions te report back the platform forthwith, without the amendment. Colonel Cedinan, of Massachusetts, as sured the gentleman from Pennsylvania that he could net by that means avoid having a vote en the amendment. The delegates from Massachusetts were deter mined te have a vote upon it. He had been impressed with the geed opinion which the gentleman from Texas, (Mr. Flanigan) en tertained for his associates in the conven tion. That gentleman had said the dele gates had come here te arrange for taking the offices. He (Mr. Codman) protested against such an idea. He and his colleagues had come te help te nominate a man for president who would see, se far as he had anything te de with offices, that the right men were put in the right places. Ap plause. He hoped they would nominate somebody who did net peddle out offices as a reward for political services. Mr. Cessna urged adherence te the work of the committee en resolutions, who un doubtedly had considered all questions presented te them and deliberately and in telligently determined what should be acted upon here. The departments at Washington were still full of old Demo crats and rebels, and h.2 didn't want civil service rules te be tee strictly enforces un til these could be turned out and their places filled with the single legged and one armed men who had been crippled in their country's cause. (Great applause.) The Amendment Platform Adopted. Mr. Warner, of Alabama, said that the question of civil service reform was here and must be met, and they did net dare te vote it down. Mr. Carter, colored delegate from Mis sissippi, favored reference of the resolu tions back te the committee for modifica tion en some ether points than civil service reform, and en this hinged a five minute speech, in which he said that though under Lincoln his race in the Seuth had been emancipated and were no longer chattels, they were still slaves in fact and net free as the resolutions declared. Mr. Warner, of Alabama, moved te strike out the sentence in Mr. Barker's amendment which re-enacts the tenure of office law. Mr. Van Hern, of Missouri, a member of the committee en resolutions, said that the preposition had been brought twice before that committee and had been re jected. He did net believe that the people were in favor of a life tenure of office in the country. He thought that the gentle man from Massachusetts (Barker,) had net treated the committee fairly in with holding votes ; that he intended te bring it before the convention, otherwise the committee might have reported a resolu tion that would meet the common sense of the people. Mr. Antheny, of Illinois, moved an amendment, which Mr. Barker accepted, and the amendment of Mr. Barker was adopted, and then the resolutions as amen ded were also adopted without a call of states. The resolution as adopted emits the ten ure of office clause, otherwise it is partically as originally introduced. BOOKS AND STATIONERY. "VfEW STATIONERY! New, Plain and Fancy STATIONERY. Alse, Velvet and Eastiake PICTURE FRAMES AND EASELS. L. M. FLYNN'S BOOK AND STATIONERY STORE, Se. 42 WEST KING STREET. JOffl BAER'S SONS, 15 and 17 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA., liaye in stock a large assortment of BOOKS AND STATIONERY. Attention is invited te their FAMILY AND PULPIT BIBLES Teachers' Bibles, Sunday Scheel Libraries. Hymnals, Prayer Beeks,, UVMX BOOKS AND MUSIC BOOKS Fer Sundajschoels. FINE REWARD CARDS. SUNDAY SCHOOL REQUISITES of all kinds. COAL. B. It. MARTIN, Wholesale and Ketail Dealer in all kinds of LUMBER AND COAL. 49" Yard : Ne. 4'JO North Water and Prince "trccte, above Lemen, Lancaster. ne-lyd COAl! COAL! COAL! COAL Ceal of the Best Quality put up expressly ter family use, and at the low est market prices. TRY A SAMPLE TON. 43- YARD 150 SOUTH WATER ST. 5c9-lyd PHILIP SCIIUBI, SON & CO. JUST RECEIVED A FINE LOT OF BALED HAY AND STRAW, at M. F. STEIGERWALT & SON'S, DEALERS IN FLOUR, GRAIN AND COAL, 'ZU NORTH WATER STREET. 93-Western Fleur a Specialty. f s27-lyd C0H0 & WILEY,-" 3SO NORTII WATER ST., Lancaster, l'a., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in LUMBER AND COAL. Alse, Contractors and Builders. Estimates made and contracts undertaken en all kinds of buildings. Branch Office : Ne. J. NORTH DUKE ST. feb'JS-lyd COAL! - - - COALM 0 TO GORREOHT & CO., Fer Geed and Cheap Ceal. Yard Harrisburg Pike. Office 20 East Chestnut Street. P. W. GORRECHT, Agt J. B. RILEY. 9-1 W. A. KELLER. WALL PAVERS, &c. WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE ALL KINDS OF WIRE SCREENS for doers and windows. Plain Wires in Green, Drab and Black. Alse Beautiful Landscapes for Parler Screens. Sold by the feet in any quan tity, or made up in Screens te fit windows nnd put up in such a manner that you need net take out when you wish te close them. PAPER HANGINGS in an endless line te select from in the leading styles. A let of ends in order te close out will be sold out very cheap. WINDOW SHADES of every description, in Plain and Figured Goods. Cardinal, Green and White Hollands. PATENT EXTENSION Window Cornices, the Cheapest and Best Cornice made. Fit any window up te five feet in width. Cornice Poles iu Walnut and Ebony. Orders taken for PIER AND MANTEL MIRRORS, AT LOW RATES. PHARES W. FRY, Ne. 57 NORTH QUEEN ST. teblO-lvd&w CHINA AN1 GLASSWARE. DECORATED WARE! Decorated Dinner Sets, Decorated Tea Sets, Decorated Chamber Sets, Decorated Toilet Sets, Decorated Berry Sets, Decorated Oat Meal Sets, TETE-A-TETE SETS, AT CHINA HALL. HIGH & MARTIN, Ne. 15 EAST KING STREET. MARBLE WORKS. WM. P. PRAILEY'S MONUMENTAL. MARBLE WORKS 758 Nerm yaeen Street, Lancaster, Pa. MONUMENTS, HEAD AND ITOOT STONES, GARDEN STATUARY, CEMETERY LOTS ENCLOSED, Ac All work guaranteed and satisfaction gi en n every particular. N. B. Remember, works at the extreme end f North. Queen street. m30 qiRY LOCHER'S RENOWNED COUGH JL SYRP. DRY HOODS, JtO. pARD TO THE LADIES! lust received a fine Line of DRY GOODS, Philip Scham, Sen & Ce.'s, 38 & 40 WEST KINO STREETS. Having added in connection with ear Large Stock or Carpets, Yarns, Ac, A FINE LINE OF DRY GOODS, such as CALICOES. BLEACH ED AND UNBLEACHED MUSLINS, TICK INGS. COTTON FLANNELS. CASHMERES. BLACK ALPACAS. SHEETINGS, NEW STYLE OF SHIRTING, NEW STYLE DRESS GOODS, TABLE LINENS, NAPKINS, TOWELS, Ac, which we are selling at MODERATE PRICES. mt-3md TEST BARGAINS JN BLACK SILK AT $1, Ever offered. Persons in want should sec it. OUR SALES OF Black and Colored Silks This season have been unprecedented! large, owing te the large stock we show te customers and extremely Lew Prices. DRESS GOODS Of every description in all the various Fabrics and Styles new in vogue. FAOESTOCK'S, Next Doer te the Court Heuse. NOVELTIES IW SILKS DRESS GOODS! Wc have new open our Importations of New Silk from Lyens, including Brocaded Satin De Lyens, Solid Celer Satin De Lyens, Black Satin De Lyens, Luisine -in New Colorings and Styles, RICH BROCADES, In Celers te match the New Dress Goods In Dress Goods, a Great Variety of New Textures, such as SHOODA CLOTHS, IN THE NEW SHADES. Beautiful Silk and Weel Fancies te Match Plain Cleths, Plain Canten Crapes in all Celers, and a number of New Things impossible te specify ONE FACT we wish te emphasize. Se far, the advance en our goods amounts te nothing, and a strict in spection of our stock will show that at all times we are as low in prices as any, and often lower. A close examination of our goods is cordially invited. Hemer, Colladay & Ce., 1412 and UU Chestnut Street, aprl6-M,W&P PHILADELPHIA. AVLVUERY. FISHING TACKLE AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, AT FLINN k BRENEHAN'S. ARCHERY, Croquet. Base Bells and Bats, Chinese Tey Bemb Shells, Paper Cap Pistols, and ether Seasonable Goods, at Flu & Breuemans, 152 North Queen Street, LANCASTER. PA. ROBES, BLANKETS, AC. OIGN OF THE BUFFALO HEAD. ROBES! ROBES!! BLANKETS! BLANKETS!! I have new en hand the Largest, Best and Cheapest Assortment of Lined and Unlined BUFFALO ROBES in the city. Alse LAP AND HORSE BLANKETS of every descrip tion. A full line of Trunks and Satchels, Harness, Whips, Cellars, &c. 4ErKepalrlng neatly and promptly done.-S A. MILEY, 10 NmHh 0nen St., ImMKtr. e25-lydMW4S REMOVALS. DR. S. B. FOREMAN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON), Removed from Ne. 18 Seuth Prince street te Ne. 211 West King street, Lancaster, Pa. Im2t3nid