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LANtiAKtiSk DAiLY INTEtUGliNCEU. TUESDAY, JtJtfE 29, 188Q.
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Lancaster Intelligencer.
TUFSDAY EVENING. JUNE 20, 1880.
FOB PRESIDENT :
GEN. WINFIELD S. HANCOCK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FOB VICE PRESIDENT:
HON. WILLIAM H. ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA.
The irrcat principles of American lib
erty are still the lawfal Inheritance of
this people, ana ever should he. The
rleht of trial br jury, the habeas corpus,
the liberty of the press, the freedom of
speech, the natural rights or persons ana
the rights of property must be preserved.
WINFIELD S. HANCOCK,
JIaj. G'en.Cemd'gDept. La. and Texas.
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About Who Made the Nomination.
Our friends of the Harrislmrg Patriot
have had the misfortune which generally
liefalls these who prefer te intimate in
directly what they ought te say directly,
if it is fitting that it should be said at
all. Sometimes there is a doubt of the
propriety of a declaration and then the
temptation comes te insinuate it rather
than declare it. The Patriot, it seems,
wanted te let it lie understood that the
Hen. H. M. Spcer had been the Pennsyl
vania delegate anointed te nominate
Hancock and that he magnanimous
ly surrendered the honor te Dan
el Dougherty, who was introduced into
the delegation for the purpose. If this
is the fact we de net knew why the Pa
triot should net have stated it directly,
and it might have explained hew Mr.
Spcer happened te be selected and by
whom. The general understanding at
Cincinnati was that Harman Yerkes, as
the delegate from Hancock's district,
would present his name te the conven
tion, and that was the arrangement until
the eve of the convention. When there
fore the Patriot said " the national con
vention was indebted te the Hen. It. M.
Speer, delegate at large from Pennsylva
nia ler ine eloquent speecn iiuiuuuciiik
the name of General Hancock as a can
didate for president by the brilliant Irish
orator, Daniel Dougherty," we under
stood it te mean just what it said, and
that we were indebted te Speer " for the
eloquent speech" and te Dougherty only
for the oratory. Hew otherwise the in
debtedness te Mr. Spcer arose was net
at all apparent, in view of the facts
as we understood them. It is net of im
portance te the public who prepared the
speech or who was te have done se ; the
s.teech was net extraordinary, but its
delivery was well done. "We de net,
however, want te be put into the position
of misrepresenting the position of any
delegate at the Cincinnati convention,and
we shall net readily again accept the
Pulriet's declarations at their face value.
If Mr. Speer had an opportunity te
present General Hauceck's name we are
sorry for his sake that he did net de it.
He would have done it well. But the
fact is that when Hancock was named
te the convention very few among these
who declared him their first choice
thought he would be nominated ; nor
would he have been but for the speedy
action of the Pennsylvania delegation in
going ever te him in a body.
That action was produced by the de
velopment of the first ballet that General
Hancock was the choice of nearly a hun
dred and fifty delegates outside of Penn
sylvania, and by the knowledge that a
great many mere, probably amounting
te a majority of the convention, would
vote for him en the second ballet.
Under these circumstances it was the
manifest duty of the Pennsylvania dele
gation te give General Hancock the solid
vote of his own state ; and this duty was
recognized during the call of the second
ballet and was performed. Then Han
cock's nomination was certain. The
convention se recognized it and surren
dered itself te the wildest scene of ap
plause that any convention has ever seen.
If Pennsylvania had refused te give her
united vole te Hancock, she probably
would have prevented his nomination ;
but her delegates would have had a heavy
account te settle with their constituents
en their return home.
There is nothing fairly te be charged
against the delegates who voted for Mr.
Randall or Mr. Bayard at the call of
Pennsylvania en the second ballet. New
Yerk had just voted for Randall and his
friends in Pennsylvania felt it te be right
te express their preference for him before
surrendering te the demand of the ether
states for Hancock. They maintained
their vote for another reason ; they did
net want te subject themselves te
the suspicion of being controlled by the
strong outside pressure for Hancock.
They wished te show that they acted en
their own judgment ; that led them te
Hancock, after they had expressed their
preference. They may have delayed
needlessly long in following the demand
for Hancock of the ether states. "We
thought they did. The delegates from
this county were net of their number, as
they voted for Hancock en the lirst ex
hibition of his strength in the ether dele
gations. Then was the time for Penn
sylvania te fellow ; but, under the cir
cumstances, these who delayed a little
longer are net te be blamed. They came
when they were needed. "Without them
Hancock could net have been nomina
ted ; and these who surrendered an indi
vidual preference te support him ex
hibited a spirit of self-sacrifice and
concession which is a fair offset te the
superior judgment upon which the earlier
supporters of Hancock may justly plume
themselves. Pennsylvania at Cincinnati
became a nappy family in Hancock's
support, and Pennsylvania in November
will be a happy family in the success
which her vote will give him.
Yesterday the Tribune carried Indi
ana against Hancock and te-day it defeats
him in New Yerk, New Jersey and Con
necticut. It may finally delude some of
its readers into accepting that $2e,0C0
bet which is open en "Wall street. Mr.
Scott would no doubt be very glad te
have Mr. Gould take that flyer.
The surest read te death about New
Yerk nowadays seems te be by way of
an excursion steamer. The less of the
Narragansett is quickly followed by the
burning of another beat, and the escape
of eighteen hundred excursionists from
the sinking Leng Branch is mere trace
able te the mercy of Providence than te
the wisdom of man.
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MINOR TOPICS.
A cokenek's inquest has been ordered
for the writer of these lines :
" I'm coins en a journey, pa."
The printer' daughter said.
Ami as he thought et losing her
Tears Mail anu win nc snen.
Hut when lie neon discovered her
Upen a workman's lap.
"This Is the jour-knee that I meant,"
She said unto her pap.
Tub Heading Eagle is inciting the county
Democracy te rebel against the politicians
of Heading carrying oft' all the spoils. Es
pecially, it thinks, they should vauturu
the congressional nomination this year,
since " the new census may make it neces
sary te attach another county te Berks te
form a congressional district, as the ratio
of representation is likely te be increased,
se that this may be the last year that
Berks county, standing alone, will ever
have a congressman. It has been sug
gested that the counties of Berks, Lancas
ter and Lebanon will form a congressional
district sending two congressmen. If
these counties should be united in a single
congressional district it will be Republi
can by several thousand majority, se this
may be the last year that the Democrats
of Berks can send a Democrat te Con
gress." Taffy!
The new oil daily, Iktr eleum World, al
leged producers' organ, already has a fight
en hand with the Oil City Derrick, aliened
Standard organ. At this distance and
early stage in the fiay it leeks as if some
Little Buttercup had been up in that
section, and succeeded se effectually in
mixing these children up that te an inex
perienced vision it leeks as though the
" producers' organ " was fighting ths bat
tle of the Standard, while the monopoly
organ had taken up the glove for the
downtrodden producer. This is at once
perplexing and edifying. All sorts of
naughty expressions, such as bribery and
blackmail, have already been brought into
the battle, and the imminent peril of such
a mode of warfare, with the mercury play
ing hide and seek among the nineties,
doesn't seem te have entered into the cal
culations of these belligerent editors. "Wc
tremble at the prospect of having te per
form the painful duty of reporting another
petroleum explosion.
PERSONAL.
Jehn Kki.i.v will pass his leisure time
at Leng Branch, where he has engaged
rooms for the season.
Gkeiu.i: Baxckeft keeps two steno
graphers at work, trims his rose bushes
and rides horseback every day.
Of the two senators and eleven repre
sentatives constituting the Indiana delega
tion in the thirty-third Congress, only Mr.
Eneusii, Democratic candidate for vice
president, and Themas A. IIkxduicks are
living.
Wakken Woedwaud, esq., has left
Beading te settle in Scranteu, where he
will open a law ellice. Mr. Woodward is a
son of the late Judge "Warren J. "Wood
ward, of the supreme court, lie received
a thorough academic education, and was
graduated at Princeton college.
Geouge, king of Greece, received as the
enclosure of the address of the
Londen corporation a casket of
geld, designed in the Greek style
and decorated with the Greek arms, the
jeweled crown, and tablets bearing the
names of Greek poets, philosophers and
orators.
" lien." C. C. Bewen, who died in New
Yerk en his way home from the Chicago
convention, at which he was a delegate,
was buried en Saturday last, at his
adopted home, Charleston, S. C. A des.
peratc attempt is making te prove Bewen
a patriot, but there is no evading the re
cord he made as one of the most unscrupu
lous of carpet-baggers.
It is reported from England that the
youngest daughter of Mr. William II.
Vandeuwit, who recently accompanied
her father te Europe, has become engaged
te marry Viscount Dupplin, the son and
heir of the Earl of Kinnoull and a nephew
of the Duke of Beaufort. Lord Dupplin,
who has just turned his thirtieth year, is
well-known en the turf, where he was for
a time the racing partner of A. B. Stock
well. He was married in 1871 te a daugh
ter of the late Earl Fife, and was divorced
from her in 1876.
11. G. Smith, whilem senior editor of
the Intelligence!, who met many Lan
castrians at Cincinnati and was delighted
te sec them, leeks thinner than when here
and his expression is changed somewhat
by a moustache. Otherwise he is un
changed and expressed the warmest inter
est in Lancaster and the cause of Democ
racy in Pennsylvania. He is still farming
but often longs for a return te the editor
ial tripod.
Yesterday morning General Hancock
received a beautiful present from the pro
prietor of a Cincinnati hotel. It was a
locomotive engine and tender, about mne
feet long, made entirely of immertelles,
dyed in various colors. On each side of
the tender was the word " Hancock."
On the cow-catcher was a small Hag in
scribed with the words : "On te the White
Heuse." Petkk Cooper went with his
colleague en the Greenback ticket of 187G,
General Samuel F. Cary, te greet General
Hancock and wish him triumphant elec
tion. Tnis is commencement week at the state
college, Bellefeute. The baccalaureate
sermon was delivered by the Rev. J. F.
Deleno en Sunday afternoon. Last even
ing the senior class-day exercises were held
This afternoon there will be reunions of
the Cressen and Washington literary so
cieties. This evening the alumni address
will be made by Professer G. C. Caldwell.
Te-morrow the trustees will meet, the
alumni will take their dinner, and the.
juniors will contest for the oratorical prize.
On Thursday morningthcgraduatieii exer
cises will take plaee.
Strite Iu Parliament.
The great parliamentary contest, re
garding the admission of Mr. Bradlaugh
te the British Heuse of Commens, is te be
renewed te night. The government will
support Bradlaugh's claim, but will net
stake its existence en the result, aud se
will net make it a question of confidence.
Meetings have been held te upheld Brad
laugh. The census makes the population of
Utah about 135,000, and of Salt Lake
City about 21,000.
BEMIBUvAM OPINIONS.
Haaceck Conceded te be Streng.
Washington dispatch te Village Recerd, Rep.
That they have selected one of the most
distinguished Union generals te head their
ticket, no one can deny. General Han
cock's services te his country in the hour
of peril never should and never will le
underrated.
Uttca Merulnjj Herald, Kep.
"We deem it a most fertuuate thing for
the nation and its politics that the Demo
cratic party has selected a presidential can
didate who is personally worthy te wear
the highest honors within the gift of the
American people.
Philadelphia Ledger, Intl.
A number of the party organs that pro
tested against the "mud-throwing" style
of election cauvass when General Garfield
was the subject, have already begun te
spatter their little daubs ever General
Hancock. These gentlemen may as well
understand at once that nothing is te be
made for General Garfield by that style of
warfare.
Binghamton Republican, Kep.
General Hancock was a gallant Union
soldier during the late war of the rebel
lion and his record as an officer and a man
is a ceed one. We have naught te say
against it ; en the contrary, we congratu
late the Democracy for having made se
geed a nomination. We believe General
Hancock te be net only a patriotic Ameri
can citizen, but an honest, well-meaning
man. As such it is our purpose te treat
him throughout the campaign.
Baltimore American, Rep.
We believe that the interests of the
nation will be much better in Republican
hands than Democratic, and will have a
geed deal te say upon the subject during
the camuaien. but we cengratulate the
nation that the Democratic party has pre
sented se geed and true a man as General
Hancock as its candidate, and the charac
ter of both tickets is such that discussion
will be compelled te address itself te
reason, and net te prejudice.
Philadelphia Ereuing Bulletin, Radlc.il Rep.
The ever-zealous Republicans who are
trying te smirch the character of General
Hancock as a gentleman and soldier should
hn called te a halt. The reference te the
hanging of Mrs. Surratt and the newspaper
criticisms of some of his military work
will de no geed te the Republican cause.
That cause, happily, has a foundation se
sure that intelligent Republicans can rely
upon it without resorting te personal
abuse of a general of the army, who did
aplendid service te the country and help
ed te preserve the union when it was as
sailed by the party that has chosen him
for its candidate.
Philadelphia Inquirer, Kep.
Before General Hancock was nominated
it was net supposed that the Republicans
would be obliged te make a serious contest
for the electoral vote of Pennsylvania, but
his nomination renders it incumbent upon
them te enter upon a most active and ag
gressive campaign in this state, in certain
populous portions of which General Han
cock has a great personal popularity. If
the party be thoroughly united, and the
campaign be vigorously prosecuted here.
General Hancock, even in the character of
a " favorite son, " will have no chance
whatever te carry Pennsylvania, but
otherwise he might have some slight
chance, and it will be only wise for the Re
publicans te leave him no chance what
ever. Alteena Tribune, Rep.
The Democracy when they met in Cin
cinnati fully realized the political situa
tion, and their actions partook mere of the
nature of consultation than intense devo
tion te the fortunes of any one of the great
number of presidential aspirants. Hence
the unanimous nomination of General
Winiicld Scott Hancock en the second bal bal
eot. The Democrats have certainly dis
played wisdom iu their choice, as he is the
most available man they could have placed
in the field . He is a great soldier, and has
rendered his country faithful, heroic and
magnificent services in the hour of her
greatest need. His record is clean and
brilliant, and he will have te be fought
solely as the representative of principles.
Rutland (Vt.) Herald, Rep.
Hancock is the peer of Garfield in patri
otic sacrifice and mere than his peer in
splendid seldiership. The Union gun we
have hitherto trained en the Democratic
candidate must be. shifted from the candi
date and directed en the Democratic camp.
Ner can wc fairly say longer that the Seuth
gives no earnest reason of a desire for con
ciliation when she is willing te vote for a
Union soldier whose trenchant arm
wrought as much destruction in her ranks
as Lengstrcet did in our own. The candi
dacy of Hancock is most formidable ; it
will carry by storm many simple, honest
Union soldiers who followed his flag, who
are creatures of generous impulse and ar
dent sentiment rather than men capable of
calm reflection, who see that principles net
men is the issue of the fight.
Springfield Republican, Intl. Rep.
Hancock is strong in the Seuth, popu
lar in the North, and obnoxious nowhere.
He was an honorable and heroic figure in
the war, whining as perhaps no ether gen
eral did the cordial confidence of the old
Army of the Potomac. Though never ris
ing above a corps commander, he did a re
markably even, sterling, and briliiant work
with each new occasion. General Hancock
is a Pennsylvania man. and new has his
headquarters at New Yerk as commander
of the Eastern department of the army
facts which strengthen his candidacy. In
his record as related te civil life there are
two most creditable incidents of historical
importance. As commander of the Fifth
military district at New Orleans in 1807
68 he steadily maintained the pre-eminence
of the civil authority in local affairs ever
military rule. His doctrine was thus set
forth : "The true and proper use of mili
tary power, defending the national honor
against foreign nations, is te upheld the
laws and civil government, and te secure
te every person residing among us the en
joyment of life, liberty, and property." It
was Hancock, tee, who defeated President
Grant's preposition te have Babcock tried
by court-martial pending his examination
in the civil courts.
dTA'i'Jfi ITEMS.
Geerge Weeds, a miner, was instantly
killed by a fall of coal at the Franklin mine
Wilkesbarre.
Henry Cellier, twenty years old, was
drowned while bathing in the creek just
south of Mcadvillc, The body was re
covered. A fire at Tewanda destroyed M'Kean's
saw mill, 1500 cords of weeds, a quantity
of lumber and a number of lumber sheds.
Less, $15,000 ; insurance, $8,000.
Hen. Andrew II. Dill, chairman of the
Democratic state central committee, has
given notice that there will be a meeting
of the committee en Wednesday, the 30th
iust., at Bolten's hotel, Harrisburg.
Mrs. Robinson, wife of a former fireman
of the Keystone bridge company. Pitts
burgh, insane beyond cure, having been
sent en a visit te relatives areurd Tyrene,
is mysteriously missing and suicide is
feared.
In the Northumberland county Demo
cratic convention the following candidates
were put in nominate. Fer Congress,
Lewis Dcwart ; Senater, Hen. S. P. Wol Wel Wol
verten, by acclamation ; Assembly. J. W.
Scanlan, by acclamation and Wm. Elliett ;
District Attorney, C. R. Savidge ; Senator
ial Delegate, Samuel Swank ; Represen
tative Delegates, B. F. Smith and Jehn
Tressler.
Jehn L. King, who has been sent te the
Pittsburgh peer farm, was formerly a very
wealthy man., having been among the few
who realized their golden dreams in Cali-
forma in 1849. One mine of which he was
the proprietor, is said te have yielded a
daily average of $G00 for 270 days, while
another, with the richness of which he was
net acquainted, yielded te subsequent
owners ever $1,500,000. Upen his return
East, however, he went into oil specula
tions, which proved se disastrous that he
was reduced te penury, and after many
years of suffering and privation he was
obliged te become an applicant for public
c'earity.
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MANY LIVES LOST.
The .Steamer Seawanhuka Humeri te the
Water's dge.
A Terrible Scene in the .Surging Waters el
Hell Uate.
The Scawanhaka took fire at 4:150 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, while oil" Randall's
island, East river, New Yerk. The lire
was caused by an explosion in the engine
room, and the middle of the steamboat
was seen in flames. Pilet Charles Smith
remained at his pest until he was nearly
burned te death and succeeded in beaching
the vessel en the sunken meadow adjoin
ing the island. Many persons sprang over
board and were drowned ; many ethers in
the stern of the vessel could net gut off
and were burned te death.
Of its hundred persons supposed te be
en beard fifty arc believed te have per
ished. The bodies of about thirty dead
were recovered. Only these of DeBebeise,
a wealthy rentleman. whose residence is
unknown, and of Mary Reed, a young
woman, were identified. Among the per
sons of prominence known te have been
en beard were Charles A. Dana, the editor
or the Sun; S. L. M. Barlew, of the World,
and R. II. Rochester, of the Western
Union telegraph company, all of whom
were saved. The vessel was burned te the
water's edge and will be a total less. The
steamer Granite State rescued thirteen
passengers and the Ossee a large number,
who were taken te College Point.
An account from a passenger says there
were 350 passengers en beard. All went
well until the steamer had passed Hell
Gate, when the fire alarm rang out and
flames were discovered bursting through
the nilet house The officers and crew as
sured the passengers that there was no
danger and the beat was headed for Ran
dall's Island. She grounded en a bar 200
feet from the shore. These of the passen
gers unprevided with life preservers were
saved by clinging te the guards, paddles
and ether portions of the steamer. The
body of Abe Skidmore, a member of an old
Leng Island family, has been recovered
and brought te the Celeman house in New
Yerk. This informant expresses the belief
that the less et lite is about su.
What Caused It.
The fireman explains that some of the
small tubes of the" boiler must have burst,
throwing the furnace deer open and
scattering het coals, which set fire te the
vessel. Seme of the passengers say that
there was a strange lifting of the deck as
if by a gentle pressure, followed by a
hissing noise as if steam were escaping.
All agree, however, that a few moments
afterward flames were seen in the neigh
borhood of the engiue room. There
flames arose like magic, and quickly
formed an impassable barrier between the
fore and after parts of the beat.
Capt. Smith kept the beat headed te the
nearest point of the marsh.. The flames
were nearly under him. He heard the
shrieks of his passengers, but te his mind
there was but one duty. His pilot was
net en beard, and he could leave the
wheel te no one else. It was a critical
race with the progress of the lire, and the
fire was gaining. The advance of the beat
drove heat, flames and smoke aft. This
forced most of these in the after part of
the beat te lean into the water. Seme of
these swain te Ward's island, which is
nearly opposite but a little above llallett's
Point. These who were in the fore part
of the beat were able te remain longer, and
most of these did net leap into the water
until the prow of the burning vessel was
driven forty feet up en te Sunken Mead
ows. Then Capt. Smith, terribly burned,
hurried from the pilot house, and assisted
women and children down te the land, and
aided ethers who had leaped into the water
te reach the shore.
Mr. Merris, the porter, saw a child lying
en its back and was going te jump over
board te save it when a frantic woman
clutched his arm, saying, " Yeu are a
strong man aud I a woman, withent a
friend en beard ; for Ged's sake help me."
The porter left the child te itself, and
saved the woman. The only one 'of the
Scawanhaka's beats gotten out was one
which had a canvass fastened ever it.
After the canvass was taken off, the body
of a child about about two years old was
found lying in some water in the bottom
of the beat. Nobody seemed te knew
hew it get there. After I get en Ran
dall's Island I was almost exhaust
ed. A lady, who fell into the gang
way from a ladder, was saved with great
difficulty. Several persons jumped over
board fecwaul and were caught by the
wheel and drowned. About forty of the
ill-ated passengers, some mere or less
burned and scalded, were rescued by mem
bers of the Eastern Boulevard club and
taken te the club house opposite the scene
of the disaster.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
There is a great mortality among cattle
throughout Ocean and Monmouth coun
ties, N. J., in consequence of the dreuth
and heat. The pastures arc all parched,
the streams arc dried up, anil indigestion,
starvation and thirst arc doing terrible
work.
Baseball yesterday : At Washington
National, 9 '; Hep Bitters, 9. At Buffalo
Buffalo, 3 ; Providence, 2. At Chicago
Chicago, 4 ; Worcester, 1. At New Haven
Harvard, 3: Yale, 1. At Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland
Bosten, 7 ; Cleveland, 5.
The biggest Fourth of July celebration
ever held en the Peninsula will shake up
Sussex en Saturday. All excursions tend
toward Georgetown. Senater Bayard and
a dozen ether notable persons will make
addresses and the fireworks will illumine
the State.
Julius Myer, a painter, died suddenly at
the home of his wife, a seamstress, at Ne.
410 Tatnall street, Wilmington, and it is
believed that he committed suicide. He
had separated from his wife, and was heard
te remark that one or the ether "would
have te go," as he couldn't live that way.
In Rochester, N. Y., City Treasurer
Williams committed suicide by drowning.
An order by common council appointing
a committee te investigate his accounts
preyed upon his mind. The report of the
committee showing his accounts te be cor
rect in every particular Was published yes
terday. The killing of William Jenes, of Camp
bell county, Ga., by a pesc of revenue
raiders last Thursday, has caused great
indignation. Prominent citizens of the
county held an indignation meeting in the
Methodist church at Red Oak and passed
resolutions denouncing the conduct of the
posse and demanding a full investigation
of the killing.
Dr. II. Y. Tanner, of Milwaukee, com
menced at Clarenden hall, New Yerk, yes
terday his feat of fasting forty consecutive
days, under supervision of a committee of
six physicians. He was stripped and
searched and all parts of the hall were
thoroughly examined, but no concealed
means te afford him subsistence were
found. His weight en commencing the
feat is 157J pounds.
The two afternoon papers of Cincinnati,
the Star and Time, have been consoli
dated aud the united paper issued from
the former Star office under the name of
the Cincinnati Times-Star. L. A. Leenard
of the Star, is editor, and B. B. Stewart,
business manager of the Star, is the busi
ness manager, and C. P. Taft. president
of the limes company, is president of the
uew company.- All the editorial and re re re
porterial staff of the Star is retained en
the new paper.
A Jealous Lever.
In Elkhart. Ind.. Gee. Elliett, a young
man, borrowed a pistol from a friend en
the street, went back into his mothers
house and called Miss Mamie Darcy, his
affianced, into a bed-room, saying he had
something te tell her, locked the deer, and
began firing at her. She fell after the
second shot, and he then placed the re
volver at his own head and shot himself
dead. Miss Darcy recovered conscious
ness, but physicians pronounced her case
hopeless. She is a native of Dunkirk, N.
Y., where her parents reside. Elliett was
insanely jealous, and was also given te
drink, ile had seen another young man
with Miss Darcy in the afternoon, and this
was the immediate cause of his act.
Ilendnckft te the front.
vcrv Iare Democratic ratification
A
meeting was lieu, m Indianapolis lastuigu.
Ex-Governer Hendricks presided and made
an address. Addresses were also made by
Hen. AV. II. English, the nominee for vice
president, and by Senators McDonald and
Vorhees, Hen. Franklin Landers and
ethers.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
DROWNED.
TKACIU KNO OF ' HOC " SHENCK.
A Lancaster Printer Thrown Over a Phila
delphia Wharr.
The Philadelphia Times of te-day thus
records the drowning of Win. C. Shenck,
a well known printer of this city, and son
of Henry S. Shenck, late register of wills
for Lancaster county and later census
enumerator of the Second ward, this city :
Ridgway Park, which has recently been
the theatre of numerous rows in one
of which a prisoner in the hands of police
men received a bullet-wound last night
capped the climax with a tragedy which
has the appearance of a case of involun
tary manslaughter. Among the throng
who went ever te take the delightful
breeze and listen te the strains of Sentz's
orchestra last night were three newspaper
compositors, W. C. Shenck, known
among his comrades as "Dec Shenck,"
a Lancaster man : Edward Toemcr, a
resident of Camden, and James Praitt, of
this city. Ordinarily, Teemer and bhenck
have been, comrades in any little excur
sions of this character, but yesterday
Toemcr and Pruitt were together. They
seen encountered Shenck and added a
number of " beers " te the liberal supply
they had already imbibed. This they sup
plemented with mere beer, and when the
trio started down toward the beat landing
all were in a hilarious, skylarking humor
aud ripe for mischief. The testimony of eye
witness te the succeeding events is con
flicting, even these standing closely by be
ing unable te ajjree in their accounts of
the matter. It appears, however, that just
as Shenck, who was a smaller man than
Toemcr, was stepping aboard the beat,
Teemer took him by the shoulders and re
marked : "Overboard you go," and over
board both did L'e. In the confusion
among the party en the beat and wharf
several minutes elapsed betere a beat was
procured and lowered. The men were
seen te struggle in the water and the bobbin-'
motion of both their heads was
nuicklv succeeded bv the cessation of
the fleuudering noise of the
struggles
from one
and their shouts by a cry
man: "Mv Ged, I'm gene
i" niifl tlipn
by the solitary strokes of one of the men
as he swam away towards the wharf.
A rope was thrown te him, and, when he
was taken from the water, it was seen that
it was Teemer. His comrade and adver
sary iu the aquatic combat had gene te
th" bottom of the river, never te rise again
alive. The lights of Ridgcway park danced
gaily upon the waters, but these who peer
ed into the depths of the stream anxiously
for the reappearance of Shenck vec dis
appointed. The drowned man's hat was
found en the wharf. Teemer, although a
powerfully-built yeuug man, was scarcely
able te stand from the effects of his strug
gle, first with Shenck and then te save his
own life by swimming.
The captain of the park special police
immediately placed Toemcr under arrest
and also took Pruitt into custody. Beth
men and a number of witnesses were taken
ever te the Central station and locked up
te await disposition by Deputy Corener
Ream as seen as Shenck's body is recov
ered. Last evening Teemer, from his cell
in response te questions as te hew the affair
happened, said at first that it happened en
the beat and afterwards that it was en
the wharf. " Why, we were the best of
friends," lie said, speaking of the drowned
man. " It was just a piece of skylarking,
that was all. We had all been together,
and we were pretty full. I took held of
Dec by the shoulders aud I said, ' over
board you go.' Hew it happened I don't
knew, but the next thing we were both in
the water. I tried te save him, but he
turned ever and get his hands upon my
head and was pushing me under. Then
he get his arms around my neck, and I felt
that unless I could get loose from the
drowning man I'd be drowned, tee. Se I
punched him in the stomach and face as
haul as I could and made him let go and he
went down. I don't remember hew I get
out. I yelled and I had te swim for it.
Ropes were thrown te me and I caught
one from a tugboat and was towed by itt
I had swallowed an awful let of water and,
was nearly gene myself. I did all I could
te save Dec, but I couldn't." Teemer
afterwards said Shenck fell overboard by
himself, after the push, and that he
(Teemer) tried te save him. Teemer's
comrade, Pruitt, bears testimony te "the
desperate and heroic efferts by the former
te save Shenck's life, and that the death
was accidental. Edward Toemcr is 31
years old and resides at 301 Stevens street,
Camden. Shenck was 30, came from
Lancaster two years age, and dwelt en
Franklin street, above Weed, in this city.
He was a "sub" for several papers.
"Billy" Shenck, as he was popularly
called among his many acquaintances in
Lancaster, was a well-known type, usually
working in Lancaster as a "sub." He
was about 33 years old, and learned his.
trade in the Union office when Jehn J.
Cochran owned it. He had worked at
case in all the job and newspaper offices
in this city, and at times in many ether
parts of the country, late in Wilmington
and Philadelphia. The account of his
death in the Philadelphia morning papers
was the first tidings of it which reached
his family here, and some of the members
of it have gene te Philadelphia te identify
and bring home his remains, and te fully
investigate the circumstances of his tragic
death.
Election of Officers.
At the semi-annual election for officers
of the Lancaster Ma:nnercher,held at their
hall last evening, the following were elected
te serve for the following six months :
President Frederick Hoefel.
Vice President Gee. M. Berger.
Secretary Gee. Pfeiffer.
Assistant Secretary Charles Peters.
Treasurer Ambrose II. Ball.
Libarian Henry Rudy.
Standard Bearers-Lawrence Knapp, Gee.
M. Berger.
Last evening the following were elected
officers for the ensuing term in Lancaster
Ledge, Ne. 68, K. of P.:
C. C Harvey A. Knight.
V. C. Jehn L. Ceyle.
P. Jehn 8. Graham.
M. of A. Gee. Scheetz.
Rep. Gee. Flagg.
Trustee Chas. I. Landis, esq.
AN OLU l'Al'EK
Willi Many Features of Interest.
Very frequently friends bring te the In In
tku.ieexceu, and exhibit as relics, old
newspapers : but it is verv seldom they
arc able te show us a paper as old as our
own ; for we have, in a geed state of pres
ervation, beu ml volumes of the Intei.i.i Intei.i.i
e enter from 1791 te 18S0. Occasionally,
however, wc are shown a paper elder than
our own, and these of course are regarded
as curiosities.
Mr. Philip Cinder has shown us a copy
of the initial number of the Maryland
Journal and Baltimore Adcerther. It is
dated Friday, August 20, 1773, and was
published in Baltimore-Town by W. Ged"
third. The paper is about one-fourth the
size of the daily Intei.i.ie enter, and is
fairly printed en heavy paper. The title
page contains a rough weed-cut represent
ing the colonial seal of Maryland, the
shield, surmounted by a crown aud flays,
being upheld by a fanner and fisherman,
underneath which is the motto eremite et
multiplicamini.
Iu his salutatory the editor outlines his
purpose in making the venture te establish
the paper. lie says :
1 was aware when it was first proposed
te me te undertake a newspaper iu this
town, that although it possessed many
advantages iu point of situation yet it
was impracticable te print such a one as
would suit this part of the country without
establishing a rider from Baltimore te
Philadelphia, te set out from the last men
tioned place early en Monday morning and
te arrive here en Tuesday evening, where
by I should receive tliu Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Xew Yerk, Pennsylvania and
sometimes the British and Irish papers,
and he enabled te pubHhthe.'''v'i(f with
the freshest advices delivered te the cus
tomers iu town and forward it te Aiiuape
lis and the lower counties en Satuiday
morning.
Hew very slew this enterprise appears
iu our day of steam and telegraphy, when
the news from the utmost ends of the
earth is spiead before the reader at least
once a day.
The old paper contains some very inter
esting reading matter and advertisements.
Among the latter are a couple that possess
some local interest. " Francis Sanderson,
coppersmith, from Lancaster, living in Gay
street, Baltimore-Town, a few doers above
Mr. Andrew Steigers, makes and sells all
sorts of copperwerk, viz : Stills of all sizes,
fish and wash kettles, copper and brass
brewing kettles, sauce-pans, coffee and
chocolate pets, stew-pans and Dutch evens.
He sells any of the above articles as cheap
as can be imported from England, and car
ries en his business in Lancaster as usual !"'
Mr. Rathel, teacher of the English
language, in a high-flown advertisement
solicits pupils. After stating at consider
able length his qualifications as a teacher
he says : "Te give still greater weight te
his credit as a private tutor he cannot
avoid mentioning with very rent respect,
that at Lancaster he has been favored
with an attendance of several ladies emi
nent for literary accomplishments. In
appealing te these great and amiable
authorities, he considers himself pecu
liarly honored, their proficiency though
entirely the result of their own happy
genius being such as would give conse
quence te and establish the reputation of
the most capital teacher at the first court
of Europe."
Anether advertisement is dated " Mount
Vernen, in Virginia, July 15, 1773," and
is signed by " Geerc.e Washington,"
who offers te sell en very favorable terms
twenty thousand acres of land en the Ohie
and Great Kanhawa.
Other interesting reading in this old
paper is a leii'r letter in denunciation of
dueling, written by the " Bishop of C. te
the Earl of Bellamont, and a communica
tion regarding the divine right of titles by
one who signs himself "Ilononehroiiontho "Ilenonehroiiontho "Ilonenehroiiontho
tontologits." SVl.lSIUJKY ITEMS.
I'reiu Our Itegnlar Correspondent.
Weather very warm ; had a refreshing
rain en Saturday evening ; our farmers are
all busy with both wheat and hay harvest.
The wheat has ripened fully two weeks
earlier than usual, and therefore needed
harvesting before the hay, which is a very
rare occurrence. Seme of our eldest iuhabi
t lets say they de net remember when the
wheat ripened as early as it did this season.
Our farmers all complain of the scarcity of
harvest help. At least one hundred extra
hands could have found employment
through the harvesting season in Salisbury
township.
Mr. Frank Wanner, met with a mishap
a few days age. He hitched one of his
mules te a S200 buggy, and after driving
a short distance the mule became un
manageable, upset the buggy, spilled out
the occupants (Mr. Wanner and Abram
Patten) bruising and cutting them consid
erably, but both arc able te be about
again. The mule then ran off, leaving the
top of the buggy en the fence at the first
turn of the read, and wound up by wreck
ing the balance at the next corner. Mr.
Wanner says the next time he drives
a mule it will be in a horse cart.
An auction of second-hand clothing was
held in Possum Hellew a rather secluded
place in the Welsh mountain 'iy a negre
from some ether point. The supposition
is that the goods were stolen property.
The nomination of Hancock and Eng
lish has created mere enthusiasm among
the Democrats of Salisbury than was ever
noticeable before, and all concede that the
nomination is a strong one aud that the
ticket will be victorious. It isa hard matter
for the opposition te trump up objections
te our most illustrious nominee. Old Salis
bury can be relied en te de its whole duty
en Nev. 2, and many of Hancock's friends
already are talking of going te Washing
ton en the 4th of March te attend his in
auguration. T11K TOI1ACCO TICAD1-:.
The Grewing Crep New Tobacco Sjliedn.
Trade during the past week has been
very quiet, and although some buyers
have been in town we have heard of no
sales being effected.
The coming crop, having been blessed
with abundant rains in most places, leeks
healthy and is growing finely. Messrs,
Girard, Reth & Bre. have eight acres ou
the Boughter farm, a short distance back
of Marietta, that is perhaps equal te any
in the county, and will be ready for top
ping withiatwe weeks. It is grown from
the "Glcssner" seed which has become
s j popular within the past year or two.
The Messrs. Reth are also putting up a
large new tobacco shed with cellar under
lhe whole building, improved' top. ventila
tors and all ether modern improvements.
THE LINNKAN SOCIETY.
The i'utuess -trough! Before It en Satur
day. The Linnx'an society met at 2 o'clock p.
in., en Saturday, in the ante-room of the
muscuni.President Prof. J. S. Stahr in the
chair, six members and one visitor in
attendance. After organization, and the
usual preliminary business, the following
donations te the museum and library were
made :
Museum.
1. A female " Red" or " Northern Hat,"
and three young, were donated by Mr. W
E. Lant, of 219 East King street, Lancas
ter. These were the 'expertilie iioceborece iieceborece iioceberece
7i w, and were interesting en account of the
triplicate occurrence of the offspring, t he
bat being a bimmacd animal.
2. An alcohelized "Tadpole" of a
species of liana, or frog, that had been
kept in an aquarium all last winter, and
only died about ten days age, without
having increased in size, or shown any
advance in development since November,
1879.
3 A bottle containing specimens of the
"army worm' that infested the wheat
fields of Lancaster county the present
season from Messrs. Shreiner, of Peters
burg, and llershey, of Mauhcim. These
worms are becoming considerably variid ;
these from the wheat fields being much
darker in color than these new found iu
a field of 31 r. S. S. Spencer; therefore
their identity can only be determined from
the appearance of the moths bred funii
them.
4. A bottle containing a large specimen
of the " Millipede" (Spirobelut Manjina
tus.) This is the largest species of Myri Myri Myri
opeda found in Lancaster county, and feeds
en vegetation. "Centipedes" feed ou an
imal subsistence, have a less number of
feet, and their bodies are flattened. They
are also swift runners. The former aie
injurious te vegetation, but the latter, in in in
noxeous, and may he regarded as friends ;
but when large they should be "severely
let alone," as they are apt te defend them
selves. Library.
1. A copy of Qenesi'.i and Plxmlax. a sibl
ing book, and four tracts, all in the Bur
mese language, donated by Miss S. S. Le
fever. 2. Numbers 22, 23, 24 and 2e, of tin?
Official Gazette of the U. S. patent ellice.
3. Educational Bulletin, from the De
partment of the Interior.
4. Lancaster Farmer for June, 1880.
5. Sundry catalogues and circulars.
Microscepical.
Dr. M. L. Davis presented five meiinttd
specimens of insects namely, one each of
Kpitrir cucumeriit et pubeseeus, one nfSyiini
thurus hertensis, and two of a very small
undetermined Hemipter, all of which infest
the young tobacco plant.
Papers ICeail.
Mrs. Zell read a paper en the "red chick
weed," accompanied with the plants in
bloom. This is a species of Stella ria and
belongs te the great Pink Family (C'aryep
hillaeea-) and contains the active principle
of Docter Stoy's celebrated remedy for
hydrophobia. It is a common plant in
fields and gardens and widely distributed
ever the greater portion of our country.
It is often used as a relish te caged
birds, anil canaries seem te be especially
fend of it, both when it is young and crisp
and also when it is in fruit. Dr. Rathven
read a paper en some of the peculiar char
acteristics of bats and their relation te
ether animals in scientific classification.
Although this much despised animal has
been regarded as a mongrel "between a
bird and a beast "yet, in its physical
structure and anatomical affinities, the
order Quadrumana is the only one
that .separates it from the order Bimaim ,
which include the various races of man.
But as an important element in the econo
my of nature the bat performs no useless
part. AH the species in our country are
purely insectivorous, and take their prey
while en the wing, in the evening and
early part of the night. Many thousands
of night-flying insects fall victims te their
veracity every night, and a colony of bats
would de mere in "cleaning out" the
moths of the various army worms, cut
worms and apple codlings than any reme
dy that could be devised by man. If bats
are an evil, they ;m n permitted u for the
prevention of some greater evil, the length
and breadth of which is net comprehended
by our limited philosophers.
Under " Scientific (Jessip, " views were
inter-communicated, ideas suggested, and
general "talks" indulged in, during which
it was rather deplored that there are few.
who take an active interest in natural his"
tery that is a working interest. The field
is white, but the active laborers aie few.
The society then adjourned te meet en the
last Saturday iu July.
Till!: CAMPAIGN.
Lightli Ward Hancock ami KnslUli Club.
The Democracy of the Eighth ward met
last evening at Mrs. Diehl's saloon and
organized a campaign club. The attend
ance was large and the greatest enthusiasm
prevailed. The following is a list of the
officers elected ;
President Jehn Pentz.
Vice President Frederick Judith.
Secretary Jeseph Schmid.
Treasurer Christopher Scheid.
Battalion Officers Captain, Frederick
Shread ; 1st Lieutenant, Jesse Nye ; 2d
Lieutenant, Lee Jacobs.
The Sixth Ward Moving.
According te an announcement the
Democracy of the Sixth ward turned muI
iu full force te the meeting, held at the
public house of Lem Witmcr last evening,
for the purpose of organizing a Hancock
campaign club in that ward.
A temporary organization was effected
by the selection of Cel. Edward McGeveru
chairman and Jehn M. Amweg and Gee
S. Landis secretaries.
Committees en place of meeting and
permanent organization were appointed
upon whose report a permanent club will
be formed for Hancock and Victory.
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