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MONDAY EVENING. JUiT 10, 1880.
PhWIc aad Private Virtue.
The North American thinks that Judge
Slack's endorsement of Garfield's per
sonal character takes all the sting
out of his denunciation of him
as one who has always been
ready in politics te de the worst
possible things. It holds that a man
cannot be thus geed in halves, and that
if he governs his private life by just and
honest rules his political conduct must
also conform te them. The argument is
strong, but it is a two-edged one that will
net help the AeW American's candidate.
Fer it may only show that Judge Black's
tersenal prejudices in favor of Garfield
have blinded him in his judgment of his
private diameter, instead of his political
prejudices perverting his view of his
Itelitical record. We agree that the
judge is wrong in one view or the ether.
We de net believe that a geed man can
be an evil man in politics ; though there
isa prevalent idea of that kind abroad in
the country which is apparently justified
by the record which se many of our
statesmen make. They de seem te apply
a different rule te the guidance of their
liersenal and public conduct. There are
a great many men who de net think of
stealing from anybody but the
government and who have never
been guilty of concocting and
perpetrating frauds except in a
political way against the whole people.
Everybody knows many such men and
we could fill our columns with their
names. Perhaps they are the majority
of our public servants. But they are net
geed men and would net be se esteemed
even in their private life if they had
there the same temptations te de evil
that they have in public life, and if they
were there equally free and as unre
strained in their power te de what their
evil nature prompts them te de for their
aggrandizement.
Usage seems te have established a
different test of public and private
honesty, and these who have no ether
guide for their conduct than the regard
in which it may be held by their fellows
incline te think and act as though they
were at liberty te take all the benefit they
can squeeze out of the possession of
political power and receive the applause
of the public for their smartness and its
condenation of their dubious morality.
The smart thief gees te jail, while the
smart politician who has no ostensible
means of getting rich and yet is found
te be se after a few years public service
is in great danger of being promoted te
higher political position.
That does net make him an honest
man. It only shows a dullness in the
public appreciation of honesty. But this
is a dullness which it does net de te rely
upon. The Sherman and Blaine class of
politicians generally come te grief finally
in their aspirations. They find the pub
lic net se stupid as it seems. Sherman
perhaps docs net knew what paralyzed
him at Chicago; perhaps Blaine does
net. We may assume for the credit of
the Republican party that it was their
dubious repute for honesty. Garfield
would have fallen under the same knife,
but that his record was overlooked. No
body ventures te suppose that the Repub
lican party knowingly put up a man se
smirched. It was only very bad luck and
memory that gave him te them.
Ami they can neither get rid of him
nor wash him. lie does net attempt te
wash himself. Silence is his reply te the
charges against him. The proof of them
is abundant. It is found in the charac
ter of the man himself as developed in
everything he does under the public
eye. It is furnished in his very letter of
acceptance of the nomination given him,
in which he treats the political issues
in a cowardly and insincere way
that disgusts both his friends
and fees. He deals with them in a sneak
ing way, just as he dealt with Oakes
Ames, and afterwards with the charges
which that connection brought upon him.
His stories were contradictory and his
memory bad. The gist of his defence is
that he could net be bought with S329,
and he apiieals te all who can net believe
him te be such a cheap thief te acquit
him. Such a man could be bought with a
dollar if that was all that was te be had,
and if he was sure nobody would ever
find him out. It was only the fear
of being found out if he took mere
than he admits that he get from Oakes
Ames, that prompted him te postpone
his call upon the Credit Mebilier for his
profits, until he could de se safely. There
they lay awaiting his demand ; and be
fore he found courage te collect them
the exposure came.
Mr. Garfield possibly is as honest as
most men, who might have yielded un
der temptations as he did. But that will
net save hini in his present position.
When he asks the first office in the na
tion he must make his claim geed te it
by showing exceptional virtue. He does
net have it te show. Judge Black's
kindly eyes see it in his private life ; but
it is net there, even though it may be
very amiabl; in all its relations. He has
been tried and found wanting. He is
the same man in every relation. He is
weak, cowardly and dishonest ; restrain
ed net by his convictions of right,
but by fear of public condemnation ;
which yet he has earned and received.
This annual recurrence of numerous
barn burnings, immediately after harvest
and at the time when such disaster en
tails the greatest less en the farmer, gives
rise anew te the discussion of the various
theories of "spontaneous combustion."
It is very widely held among farmers,
and just as earnestly denied by many of
them, that damp eats or hay will give rise
te a degree of heat that will cause a con
flagration, and that a piece of iron, or
a steel fork left in the body of the grain
will intensify the danger. It is a mooted
question of great interest that can easily
be settled by scientific investigation, and
te which our agricultural societies should
give their attention. The farmers want
illumination en the subject of a different
sort rrem that which is afforded by their
blazing barns.
About the only significance attaching
te the appearance of Gen. Arthur's letter
of acceptance is that it sets at rest the
painful rumor agitating bis party tbathe
was about te be withdrawn from the
ticket.
MINOR TOPICS.
Mr. Gakfield's majority in his district
fell from 10,955 in 1872. at the election
previous te the Credit Mebilier exposure,
te 2,528 in 1874, after the investigation.
"Afwend" who sends us items for
publication will prove that he is a friend
by complying with our rule that the name
of the writer must accompany communica cemmunica
t ions, net for publication but as a pledge of
geed faith.
There was a flit doctor named Tanner,
Who carried the abstinence banner.
And lie murmured, "I should
Like te go without loeil
Forty day, it' 1 thought 1 could stan' Vr "
Then he tiled it. Hew changed was his man
lier. It made quite a shadow of Tanner :
IIcKetawtul thin.
Anil at lat he caved in
And that's what the matter with Manner.
In view of the universally admitted fact
that the Republican primary elections in
Lancaster county aijj nothing mere than
gigantic swindles, conducted by return
tinkers and ballet-box staffers; and the
further fact that in many election districts
of the county the Republicans "have all
the election officers" and vote whomsoever
they please and defranchisc whomsoever
they can, would it net be well for the Lan
caster Inquirer te go slew in charging
fraud en the Democratic party.
Tin: HarrisburgWnVrfsays: "the ether
day there appeared a special dispatch from
New Yerk, which stated that Hen. A. II.
Dill, chairman of the Democratic state
committee, had witten a letter te Hen.
W. L. Seett, requesting that gentleman net
te resign from the National Democratic
committee in favor of Senater Wallace.
That statement was utterly false, Mr. Dill
net having written any letter te Mr. Scott
en the subject el his mooted withdrawal
from the National Democratic commit
tee." What civil service reform means in Eng
land may be judged from a notice publish
ed by the treasury in the Londen Time of
a recent date. It announces that two
clerkships of the permanent establishment
of the treasury are vacant, and that they
will be filled by open competition. The
positions arc practically for life or during
geed behavior, with the assurance that
promotions from class te class are made by
selections for merit. The salaries are geed
and are gradually increased for years of
service until they reach for a first class
clerk, with the highest pay, $G,000 per an
num. Only young men ( from 22 te 24
years of age) are allowed te compete, and
they must enter the lower class and work
their way upwards by merit.
PERSONAL.
Heuaut Pasha has refused te take
command of any squadron that may be
sent te attack Greece.
Gerard us Beyle, an eccentric old man,
who died lately in New Yerk, left his large
geld-headed cane te Gkaxt for his patri
otic services.
General Gkaxt and party arrived at
Manitou, Colerado, en Saturday afternoon.
They were met at the depot at Colerado
Springs by an enthusiastic crowd but were
at once conveyed te Manitou.
The Democrats of St. Leuis held prima
ry elections ou Saturday for delegates te
the state convention te be held next Wed
nesday. Ex-Congressman Themas T.
Ciuttexdkx lias thirty-live te forty of the
forty-seven delegates from the city for
nomination for governor.
There arc said te be no fewer than
eighteen members of the Vaxekkiiilt
family new staying at the Hetel Bristel,
Paris, and even the suite of apartments
usually reserved for the Prince of Wales
has been given up te the American mil
lionaire. Sti-:i'im:x T. Loeax, a prominent lawyer
of Springfield, Ills., died at his home en
Saturday, aged 81 years. He was at one
time a partner of Abraham Lincoln, he
served four terms in the state Legislature,
had been twice elected judge of his dis
trict, and was a member of the constitu
tional convention of 1847.
There is a war looming up between the
treasury and ex-Architect Mci.i.ktt. Mr.
Mullett has been tendered the supervisor
ship of the public buildings at Chicago and
Cincinnati by way of a peace offering, but
he is understood te have declined it, and
te be bent en bringing very serious charges
against the bureau of the present supervis
ing architect.
Jehn II. Chiiistiaxcy, aged 2(5 years,
who says that he is a son of Ex-Senater
Christiancy, minister te Peru, was commit
ted te the Inebriates' home at Ft.IIamilten,
N.Y.,by a Brooklyn justice. The young man
appeared voluntarily before the justice
and requested te be taken care of, saying
that he was broken down physically, men
tally and financially in consequence of his
indulgence in liquor.
Mr. Timikn has consented te preside at
the Democratic ratification meeting at the
Academy of Music, New Yerk, en the 25th
inst., provided his health will permit.
Ex-Governer Seymour writes that he will
come, if possible, and se docs Mr. Hend
ricks, of Indiana. Senater Kcrnaii and
Governer Hampton, of Seuth Carolina,
also will probably be present. It is de.
signed te have a series of meetings, of
which the Academy is te be the centre
only, Irving and Nillson halls, as well as
the open streets, being included in the
pregramme.
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Crep ItepertM.
The July tobacco crop reports, as com
pared with last, year, are in the main favor
able. The acreage inJMaryland is stated at
CO per cent., in Virginia 75, North Caro
lina lOJ), Kentucky 99, Pennsylvania 113,
New Yerk 104, Connecticut 115, Ohie 102.
The states which grew the bulk of the
seed leaf tobacco, Connecticut, New
Yerk and Pennsylvania, are increasing
their product. Of states producing
shipping and manufacturing and
smoking tobaccos, North Carolina shows
an increase in acreage ever last year. The
decrease in Maryland and Virginia was
caused by the ravages of the fly en the
plants, making it impossible te procure
them in many localities, and te a severe
drought which retarded planting. Drought
is reported as very detrimental in all the
tobacco-growing states at planting time.
The condition of the crop for the whole
country is but is but slightly below that of
last year. Fruits are generally up te the
full average except en the Pacific coast,
where the prospect is net very geed.
fiAttfiST NBWB BY MATX
The tb.wh marshal of Canfield, O., was
shot by a tough named Harrell en Satur
day night.
There is a deficiency of about $4,300 in
the accounts of the postmaster of Rich
mond, Va.
James Smith was drowned at Clinten,
Mass., yesterday by the upsettiug of a
beat.
Dunnigar, who was in Santa Fe jail for
murder, has been lynched by masked
men.
J. D. J. Lepez, postmaster at Anton Anten Anton
Chice, in New Mexico, lias been arrested
en the charge of robbing registered letters.
Isaac Atkinson, a prominent perk packer
of Chicago, was drowned while bathing in
Lake Michigan, en Saturday morning.
The starch and glucose factory at the
corner of Wallace street and Archer ave
nue, Chicago, was burned en Saturday
night. Less, $30,000 ; fully insured.
The schooner Malauta, for Bosten, with
a cargo of sleepers, was totally wrecked
en Jehn's island reef en the 5th instant.
The crew had a narrow escape from drown
ing in the breakers.
Mrs. Mary Fryc, of Keokuk, was en Fri
day declared insane and with her infant,
four months old, confined te the county
jail. She killed the child by hanging it te
the bed.
Election riots have occurred at Victeria,
in the province of Peniambuce. The
military lircd en the iccple and killed
twenty, including Baren Esuana. Many
were wounded.
James Jacksen, a wealthy farmer of Kip
ley county, Ind., committed suicide a few
days age, because Ins step-clauglitcrtnrcat-ened
te prefer a grave charge against him.
He was 38 years of age, and leaves a wife
and four children.
The Cene Heming mill at St. Genevieve,
Me., was nearly demolished by a boiler
explosion en Friday. The engineer, Kore Kere
man. was killed, the superintendent, Mar
tin Meyer, fatally scalded, and an em
ployee, named Sites, severely injured.
Gen. E. W. Barber, of Michigan, has de
clared for Hancock- Gen. Barber succeed
ed Gen. W. II. Terrell as third assistant
pestmaster-gener.il under Gen. Grant. He
was a staunch friend of Zach Chandler. It
was at Chandler's request that he was ap
pointed te the postal department.
The Merchants bank of Baltimore en
Friday and Saturday, paid out $7,500 en
forged checks. It is alleged that the for
geries were done by persons who sold a
U. S. bend te J. Ilarmann Fisher, a well
known broker, and thus secured his signa
ture, which they counterfeited.
The San Francisce walking match was
finished en Saturday night at 12 o'clock.
The score steed as follews: Heward,
359; Yeung, 349; JTebias, 345: Denman,
315 ; Denley, 203 : Lee, 279. The referee
denounced the affair at closing as a " hip
podrome" and circumstances seem te war
rant his statement.
STATE ITEMS.
The Reading railroad appraisement will
be finished about August 15.
Daniel Reese was struck by a locomo
tive aud fatally injured at Duncannon sta
tion, yesterday.
The house of Daniel Kern at Neffsville,
near Allentown, wes robbed by masked
burglars en Saturday night of $500 in cash
and securities amounting te $2,500.
Miss Annie Landcnslarger, a Philadel
phia seamstress with rooms at 1,240 North
Eighth street, has committed suicide with
laudanum.
A nine year old girl in Oil City, being
sevcrly reproved, hanged herself in disgust
with worldly and things was cut down
almost lifeless.
Mamie West, a Pig island strumpet, in
the McKean oil region, has made her sixth
attempt at suicide with morphine, because
her lever's father had run him out of town.
While Jehn Gafl'ncy, Lawrence Leugh-
ran and Peter Kinney, employed at the
steel works at Ilarrisburg, were in a pit
attending te a gas generator, en Saturday
night, the gas exploded severely burning
all et them.
A day or two age a man caught a three
and a half pound shad in the Delaware
river near the Lehigh Valley railroad
bridge, at Easten, with a hook and line,
using a wasp's nest for bait.
Philadelphia Time : "Tanner outdone.
Eighty-four days without feed. Jacob
Shallcrbss, a Frank ford farmer, refuses
solid feed for nearly three months and
lives for several vcars after his self-im
posed fast. The testimony of an eye-wit
ness."
A destructive thunderstorm visited per
tiens of Pike county en r inlay. I rccs and
fences were leveled and much damage was
done te the crops. A shower of hail, last
ing fifteen minutes, covered the ground
in places te a depth of two feet. The Re
formed chuich atBuslfkill wasjdamaged by
lightning.
Thes. Kelly of Pittsburgh, for murder
in the second degree in killing Wm. P.
Herriett, has been sentenced te eight years
in the penitentiary. In the midst of his
tears he repeatedly expressed gratitude te
the judge, te the counsel, and te everyone
who had shown him a kindness in his ex
tremity. As the belts were turned en him
he said : "If I live through it I will come
out a better man."
The Grand Army encampment at Gettys
burg was reinforced en Saturday by the
arrival of six additional pests from interior
towns. There was a dress parade and a
promenade concert by the Weccacee
Legien in the evening. Yesterday morning
religious services were conducted bv Rev.
Mr. Denk, of Fayette county, chaplain of
the Sixty-third, Pennsylvania Veluntecis.
In the evening, after dress parade. Colonel
Bachcldcr gave " an outline description "
of the battle of Gettysburg.
tiariield's Kfterts te Hedge.
Ex-Congressman M. W. Field was re
cently interviewed by a reporter of the
Detroit Free Press en the presidential
candidates. Speaking of Gen. Garfield's
habits of hedging he said :
"I de net see hew Garfield can possibly
be elected. He worked like a beaver
against the bill te equalize soldiers' boun
ties, aud asked me te vote against it in the
Heuse of Representatives. I refused and
he voted ' no.' When he found the bill
carried by an overwhelming majority he
went te the clerk's desk and in my hearing
asked the clerk te have his vote changed
te yea. He is a rich man new : se is Jehn
Sherman, who when he went te Washing
ton from Mansfield, Ohie, was possessed
only of a law library worth about $90."
A Desperate Weman.
The wife of William Bissel, residing en
Ridge Read, between Gorden and Liberty
streets, Allentown, made an unsuccessful
attempt te commit suicide, by swallowing
a small box of morphine pills and a small
quantity of laudanum, which she had pur
chased at one of the drugstores. The
prompt use of a galvanic battery prevented
the success of her attempt at self destruc
tion, which is said te have been induced by
grief and shame eccured by a gross outrage
committed upon her by a man named Os
wald. Killed iu a Tunnel.
Addison Wright, son of Rev. Mr.
Wright, of New Hamburgh, N. Y., a Pres
byterian clergyman, and sister were walk
ing through tbe New Hamburgh tunnel ;
the St. Leuis express and a freight train
entered the tunnel going in different direc
tions, the express at a high rate of speed.
Wright was caught between the trains and
killed. The young lady was hurled into a
ditch alongside the track and was only
slightly injured. Yeung Wright resided
at Trey and was home en a vacation.
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Medical Diplomas Sold at S5 Each.
The Philadelphia Recerd publishes a
further exposure of Dr. Jehn Buchanan,
the dean of the three medical colleges that
sold their diplomas. An estimate is made
that 11,000 of Buchanan's bogus diplomas
are current throughout the world. A list
of these whose diplomas were net ante
dated is published with directions for ap
plying twenty-one different methods of
detecting the ante-dated diplomas and es
tablishing their fraudulent character.
The doings of the National electric medical
association, which under Buchanan's man
agement sold its diplomas for $5, arc also
laid bare.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
l)AMi;i, LKFKVKK'S I'UNEKAI..
An Immense Outpouring of the l'eeple of
the Lewer End.
The funeral of the late Daniel Lefever,
farmer, of Drumore township, occurred at
his residence in Quarryvillc at 10 a. m.
yesterday. The interment took place at
St. Paul's Reformed graveyard, only
about a square from Mr. Lcfever's resi
dence, the site of the church and grave
yard having been carved out of his farm.
His funeral ceremonies were morn largely
attended than any similar event ever
known iu the lower end of this county.
Having been a resident of the community
in which he died for nearly sixty years,
during most of which time he was en
gaged in farming, lime burning and trad
ing, there was scarcely a man in his sec
tion, from the limestone lands te below the
Maryland line, with whom he had net at
some time bad dealings, and prebaldy no
individual from Lampeter te the Masen
and Dixen boundary was as widely known
as he whose remains were laid te rest yes
terday. The concourse of friends and mourners
gathered te pay their last sad tribute te his
memory included persons from the Maner,
Lancaster and the upper townships, and
representatives of nearly all the families
resident of that part of the county south
of the Mine Ridge and many fiem Chester,
Yerk, Cecil and Harford counties. Seme
five hundred vehicles were counted at the
place.and certainly from 1,200 te 1,500 per
sons were in attendance at the final obse
quies. At the services in the heu.se Rev. Jehn G.
Fritchey conducted the religious exercises
and spoke feelingly of the many admirable
personal qualities of the deceased. The
cortege then moved te the church where
Rev. Thes. G. Apple D. D., president of
Franklin and Marshall college, preached a
profound funeral discourse and Rev. D.
B. Shuey, pastor el St. Paul's, followed in
an earnest sketch of the leading events in
the life of Mr. Lefever and the strong per
sonal traits of his character, which had
made him a man of such mark, of such
usefulness and popularity in his neighbor
hood. The church was crowded te its
utmost capacity,seats for many ethci s were
placed immediately outside the doers and
hundreds, unable te get within hearing
distance steed in groups under the sur
rounding trees. The remains were then
viewed by the audience and about 1,000
persons passed iu view of them, after
which they were interred in the Lefever
let where Mr. Lefever literally sleeps with
his fathers until the last awakening.
On the IVquea.
This morning about 4 o'clock the Pe
quca piscatorial association, under the
leadership of Mr. R. K. Sehnader, set out
upon their annual trip te the mouth of Pc
quca, where they propose encamping for
the week. This association was success
fully organized s-'me three years since,
during which time it has had a number of
business meeting and a regular annual en
campment, the first upon the banks of the
Conestoga, the second iu the valley of the
Pequca, upon the very spot where they
propose pitching tent this year.
Originally the party was composed of
ten members, but during the last year two
of the boys (Wash and Jehn), in search
of larger game, have settled upon the fron
tier ; two ethers (Pete and Charlie), with
a fortune in view, have located in the black
diamond country ; while yet another, the
chief of the staff of cooks, has for some
reason failed te put in his appearance.
Friends have been substituted for the ab
sent members, and through the kindness
of 'the association arc te be cared for at
their own expense.
IMc.t Dead.
The report that Mrs. Jehn Jehnsen, jr.,
of Fairmount, Little Britan township, was
struck by lightning and killed, ou last
Thursday, came te this city well authenti
cated and received general credence and
circulation. It was, however, net true.
Mrs. Jehnsen was struck by the lightning,
but she has recovered from the cllects of
it without fatal or otherwise serious re
sults. A widely circulated rumor that Barclay
Simpsen, the well-known farmer of
Martic township, bad died the latter part
of last week was utterly unfounded. He
is alive and well, we are glad te say, and
his friends will be rejoiced te hear.
Large Surprise nirty.
On Saturday cvcniniiig a large surprise
party was held at the house of Christian
Nissley, residing about a mile west of
Springville. It was the occasion of the
nineteenth birthday of Mr. Nissley's
daughter Miss Fianna. In the evening
the friends of the young lady te the num
ber of one hundred and four, met at
Shelly's Red Lien hotel, and taking the
Springfield band with them they proceeded
te the house of Mr. Nissley, where the
evening was spent very pleasantly. A
large supper which was prepared by the
surpriscrs was pai taken of by these
present, and the party adjourned at a late
hour, wishing Miss Nissley many mere
birthdays.
Aiter Dark Werk.
Yesterday morning' about four o'clock
Constable Lentz found .a basket, in the
Lancaster cemetery, near the corner of
Lime and James street. It contained
seven chickens, which were tied together,
and a linen coat. It is supposed that they
were stolen and the thief became flight
ened at something and dropped them iu
his flight.
Seme time en Saturday night several
chickens delenging te Mrs. Landis, who
lives in the house of Mr. Peter McTaguc,
at the corner of Duke and Frederick
streets, were stolen.
Phillip Schuin'H Will.
The late Phillip Schum's will, made be
fore his second marriage, has been pro
bated. It divides his property equally
among his children and provides for the
continuance of his business; several lega
ciesef$200 and one of $500 are given te
church interests.
POLE RAISING I
A Garlleld Pele that Wouldn't Ge tp-tfhe-
KupeK Break, the Tackle Breaks
and the Splice Breaks
Seme Scene and
Incident.
It had been given out with a great
nourish et trumpets that an immense
Garfield pole would be raised in front of
Leuis Ziegler's hotel, East King street.
The demonstration was te be crushing ; it
was intended that it should paralyze the
Democracy of the Thud ward who had a
week before raised a supeib pole en the
opposite side of the street. As the Gar
field men could net hope te find a pole
that would "top" the Democratic pole
with any mere hope of success than they
could find a candidate the peer of the
stately Hancock, they resolved te put up a
patched pole, half Grant, half Blaine
half Heg Ring and half Bull Ring. Setlicy
get two trees aud spliced them ; and, as
the sequel proved, the union of the oppos
ing pieces of timber was just about as sub
stantial and homogeneous as the opposing
factions of the Republican party.
All day Saturday a gang of the faithful
were en the ground splicing the pole, dig
ging the hole, making wise suggestions,
drinking beer and chuckling among them
selves at the great victory they were going
te have ever the Democracy, net only in
the length of their patched pole but in
the ease and celerity with which it was te
be put up.
Said the ATetr Era :
A magnificent Garfield and Arthur pole
will be raised this evening, in front of
Leuis Ziegler's hotel, en East King street,
and we venture the prediction that there
will be no failure about it, as was the case
with the Democratic pole, en the ether
side of the street. Music will enliven the
occasion and there will also be addresses.
Let there be a full turn-out of Republi
cans. The Examiner also called upon the
faithful te turn out in'thcir majesty.
That there might be no mistake about it,
Bill Beaid.ceuucilmau for the Second ward,
was appealed te, te furnish the lifting ai
pliances of the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany. Hundreds of yards of cable, and the
strongest aud most approved kind of block
and tackle were brought into requisition.
That the pole-raising might net pass off
without all the eclat and circumstance
that se grand an event demanded, the
Millersvillc band was hired te parade the
streets, te beat their drums and toot their
horns, and gather together a great crowd.
They weie measurably successful and by
the time the managers had arranged their
block and tackle, their shears, their bob bob
preps, jim-peles, beat-hooks, &c, there
was quite a crowd present, including every
Republican national, state and county offi
cer, from the postmaster down te the jani
tor of the court-house.
It was difficult te ascertain who was
boss en the occasion. Councilman Beard,
the railroad carpenter, was there and leek
cd as though he ought te be boss. Pro Pre Pro
thenotary McMellen, the great bridge
builder, was giving orders here and there
as though he were chief. Register Edgcrley
moved about in a fussy sort of way, show
ing that he meant business. County
Treasurer GrelV was happy as a clam, gave
sage advice hew te pull the ropes (he has
been there and knows all about it), and
premised te make a speech te the boys as
seen as the pole was up. Ex-Street Com
missioner Pete Fordney towered abeve
his fellows like a real general. Jake
Halbach, the great hydraulic engineer, in
sisted en showing te the multitude that he
knew a thing or two besides pumping
water. Jehn W. Mentzer of the Heg
Ring, the little Napeleon of the Bull Ring,
Jesh. Lyte and Ad. Delict of the Examin
er, the fugitive poet of the A'vr Era, Jake
Barr, alderman, and a host of ether wor
thies were in attendance, vigorously if net
skillfully superintending the job.
Everything being in readiness, the word
was given, and "up she went" a little.
" New all together, " and up she gees a
little mere. " Ileavc-eh ! hcavc-eh 1" and
the repe breaks, letting the pole fall and
scattering about a hundred stalwarts all
ever the street.
Oaths, imprecations, quarrels among the
bosses, and a general confusion of tongues
followed. Mere ropes were brought into
requisition, the tackle was again adjusted,
and a second attempt te raise the pole was
made. The pole was raised te an eleva
tion of about 30 degrees, and a pair of
heavy shears was get under it net far from
the splice, which began te show evident
signs of weakening. Bill Beard was heard
te say, apprehensively, " the blank thing
will break," but nobody paid any atten
tion te him, and he went away disgusted.
" Pull, boys, pull" was the command, and
"Up she gees" was the answer. Just then
it was ascertained that the butt of the pole
positively refused te slip into the hole,
and showed a disposition te plow a hori
zontal furrow in the direction of the coun
ty prison. Capt. McMellen seized a crow
bar. Jehn W. Mentzer seized a pick, and
half a dozen ethers grabbed held of heavy
levers and worked like beavers te direct
the butt of the pole into the hole. But it
was " no go." At last somebody in the
crowd jelled out " Seap ! soap !" and in
less time than it takes te tell it, a messen
ger was en the ground with a whole arm
ful of soap probably a part of Tem Coch
ran's state Senate soap, about which the
Xew Era had something te say lately. The
soap was applied liberally te the butt of the
pole and the planks against which it rest
ed, but it weuldn' slip. Elbow grease was
again applied, and again the ropes broke,
sending the workers sprawling en the
ground in a long line.
It was new hinted that pet haps the
ropes had been tampered with by the
Hancock Copperheads, scores of whom
were present and looking en with grinning
countenances. The broken ropes were
carefully examined, but no sign of a cut
could be found. New and stronger ropes
were procured and the closest watch was
kept ever them te circumvent the wicked
Copperheads. It was getting late, and
unless the pole was seen get up Sunday
morning would be en them, and it would
never de for the "Ged and morality"
party te work en Sunday, and te leave
the pole reclining ou the shears iu its then
crippled and drooping condition was
net for a moment te be thought
of. A committee, accompanied,
by the band, was sent down town for
re-infercements and seen appeared with
quite a large delegation. Anether effort
was made te up-end the pole, the tackle
broke aud and again .he stalwarts were
sprawling in the dust. A consultation was
held, and although it was new midnight it
was resolved te despatch Butch Miilcr and
ether trusty agents te the "landing" te
get longer and stronger preps and jim jim
peles. With horse and wagon they were
seen en their way, and soeu back again ;
and then iu the "wee sma' hours ayent
the twaij' ene last despairing effort was
made for DeGelyer, Garfield, civil service
and Heg-Ring reform. A long pull, a strong
pull and a pull altogether, gradually
raised the top of the pole, until its
longest prep placed some disronceabevc the
splice, was no longer long enough te sup
port. Fer a moment only the iron bands
at the splice held the two sections of the
pole together, and then with a cracking
noise gave way, and the top of the pole
and the Garfield flag were trailing in the
dust, the disjointed sections of the pole
forming a pretty geed representation of a
big letter A !
Fer an instant horror sat an every face,
and then followed such a volley of oaths
as has net been heard since the "army in
Flanders " astonished the natives. " Let
the damned broken stick alone," said one.
"Pull the damned thing down," said an
other. " Fer Ged's sake don't let that
Garfield Hag lay in the dirt," says an
other. " Who would have thought this
could have happened." "Oh. just think
what iras te be and what is !'" cried an
other. "This is an omen te bad luck it
wouldn't have happened had Grant been
nominated." "Te the devil with Grant ;
if we'd had Blaine for a candidate that
pole would have gene up in half an hour,"
was the reply.
Then followed curses en the stupidity of
these having the management of the job,
and still louder curses at these who first
suggested a spliced pole. At last it was
agreed te pull the old thing down ; and se
a gang of men seized the ropes that were
tied around the pole, near the broken
splice and by main force pulled it from the
derrick en which it rested and it fell with
a heavy thud te the pavement, shak
ing all the houses in the neighborhood.
It was then rolled ever into the gutter and
there it lay prone upon the DeGelyer
pavement, all day Sunday, a fitting type
of the shattered and broken Republican
party, and of the bribe-taking candidate in
whose interest it was attempted te be put
up. And just across the street, towering
iu its majesty, erect and strong and undi
vided, stands the Democratic pole, bearing
aloft the name of " Hancock," and fitly
symbolizing the superb form of our candi
date and the solid principles he represents.
Beb Housten has been all day endeavor
ing te negotiate with the Second ward Re
publican club for the purchase of the little
end of their broken pole, which he wants
te erect in honor of the Greenback candi
dates. He says his party is a small one
and will net require a very large pole. The
butt could be sold te Philip Lebzelter te
saw up into sjiekcs and ether useful ai ti
des. Jehn W. Mentzer says that the break
iu the pole was caused by the Bull-Ring
section being en top and the Heg-Ring sec
tion below. If the Bull-Ring end of the
pole had been put in the ground, as it
ought te have been, it would have gene up
in a jiffy.
There is some talk of getting Dr. Comp Cemp Comp
ten te reduce the dislocated joint of the
pole and patch it up with a few additional
splints.
Sammy Greff is still cocked and primed
with that speech which he waited until 3
o'clock Sunday morning te deliver, after
he found that Tem Davis, Adam J. Eber
ly and Wm. D. Weaver had deserted be
fore midnight.
Jesh Lyte, the eminent artist and en
graver, is working en a piciurc of the Gar
field pole and its surroundings as the., ap
peared at 2 o'clock Sunday morning. It
will appear in an early issue of the Exami
ner. The fugitive poet of the AVr Era is
writing au epic en the great pole raising.
He is at a less te get a few words that
will rhyme with Ziegler. Contributors te
the paper will confer a favor by sending
in such words as they may find suitable
for the purpose.
Thee. Reed"isn't as happy as he might
be. Just before the boys began te pull en
the ropes en Saturday Theodere rubbed his
hands gleefully and said : " New, mind
you ; when the band plays the ' Star
Spangled Banner ' the pole will begin te
go up ; and before the tunc is ended the
pole will be up." Bnt it wasn't.
Here's mere trouble. The Schleich
brothers have brought or are threatening
te bring suit against the De Gelycr club
for damaging the shade tree in front of
their property next deer te Zijgler's hotel.
The pole-raisers passed their ropes around
this tree and barked it badly during their
futile efforts te put up the Garfield pole.
ii:stku;tivk fi::k.
A Farmer's Barn Burned Willi His Har
vested Crep.
Early yesterday morning, seen after
sunrise, the residents of Quarryvillc were
startled by the sight of a fire raging vio
lently southwest of the village, and terror
was added te the spectacle by the fear that
the conflagration was en the farm of the
late Daniel Lefever, preparations for whose
funeral were then in progress. It was
seen discovered that the burning building
was the barn en the next farm south of
Mr. Lcfever's, owned by C. M. Hess aud
occupied by his son-in-law Jacob Fiitz, jr.
Hew it caught fire is a mystery. The
stock had been fed and the family had
gene te breakfast when the flames broke
out and very seen gained such hcadivay
that it was impossible te save anything
except the live stock and some agri
cultural implements ; Mr. Fritz's crops of
hay, wheat and eats had just been gather
ed in and were totally destroyed. The
theory has been advanced that wet eats
caused " spontaneous combustion," but
the farm hands say the eats was unusually
dry when it was garnered. Mr. Hess had
the barn insured for $1,350 in the South
ern Mutual insurance company and this
probably will cover the less en the build
ing, but Mr. Fritz had no iasu.ance en the
contents, and the less will fall very heavi
ly upon him. A subscription paper for
his relief was passed around at Mr. Lcfe
ver's funeral and it is said said several
hundred dollars were promptly raised.
Feet Injured.
Yesterday about neon Oscar TaiiscI, 23
years efage and supposed te he a tramp,
jumped or fell from a freight train at the
bridge just cast of Mountville. He had
the front portion of his right feet badly
crushed. He was brought te this city and
removed te the hospital, where Dr. Muh
lenberg attended his injuries.
Watcli Kalllcd en.
On Saturday evening a Lancaster watch
was rallied off by the Lancaster club at
Ames Devctter's saloon en North Queen
street. It was wen by Benjamin Hasting,
who threw the highest number 44. Mr.
Hasting held the ticket of a man named
Kendig of Conestoga Centre, for whom he
threw.
T"HE ELM LEAP BEETLE.
The Injury Which the Trees or Lancaster
are Safferiuti from this Incorrigible
Little Pest.
Lancaster Fanner.
We de net like te sound a false or un
necessary alarm, but we fear that many of
the finest elm trees of the city of Lancas
ter will have ultimately te fall victims te
the pestiferous attacks of this persevering
and incorrigible pest, for they are present
again in greatly increased numbers, and
some of our citizens despair of saving
their trees. We cannot say exactly
that this is their own faults, for
when a number of very large trees be
come seriously infested by them from the
lowermost te the topmost branches, it
would be a herculean labor te apply a rem
edy for their destruction, no matter hew
effective it might be where they are easily
accessible. Spraying the trees with liquid
Paris green, or Londen purple, would
prove an effectual extinguisher, but it
would require a reservoir of it and a steam
engine te drench a dozen of trees of from
10 te 50 feet iu height, aud really there
would seem te be no ether way
but te cut them down. The "Elm-leaf
Beetle" (Gakruea xantiemalena) first
appeared en the trees in Lancaster city in
the summer et l0, and ever since then
they have been gradually increasing. In
1878 they were very bad, and in 1879 much
worse. It is true, no great vigilance was
observed, and very little energy manifest
ed in their dcUiuctien. Fer the most
part, people looked en them with a vacant
gaze, wondering where in the world
they came from, where they would
go te, and what would be the end of
them. When trees stand where there is
no grass or rubbish at the base, but a
pavement or hard, smooth earth instead,
the great bulk of these insects could be
easily destroyed when the larva! come
down off the trees te pupate, but they de
net all come down, for many of them pu
pate in the crevices of the rough bark en
the trunk aud larger branches. But with
a still" brush such as is used in clean
ing out gutters and a wash of strong
whale oil soap, or an alkali, these could
be crushed, dislodged and detnjel.
In our walks through the city iu 1878 we
saw places where two or three quarts of
the pupa? of these insects could have lieeu
gathered from the base of a single large
tree during the season. Seme of them,
it is presumable, were swept together and
destroyed about once a day. but many were
only swept into crevices between t he
bricks of the pavement or ether sale re
treats where they remained safe from sub
sequent molestation until they had changed
te beetles. The pupa are very conspicuous
and also very accessible, for they are then
quiescent and of lemon yellow color. Tin;
beetles are of a clay color, with a dark
stripe en each wing cover, and about half
or time-eighths of an inch in length.
These have ample wings aud de net re
main long where they evolve from the
pupa;, but Hy off and settle upon the fo'i fe'i
age of the trees, te go through the process
of another breed. Doubtless many of the
second breed perish simply because the
trjcshavc been se denuded by the fit st
tue xl that they de net find sufficient feed
for their development, bnt what de ma
ture pass their winter hibernation in any
convenient place they can find. In the
city many get into the stables, outhouses,
or even into mansions.
These insects are a foreign importation,
and first appeared near Baltimore about
sixty years age, and en that occasion all
the elm trees in a park had te be cut
down before their progress could be ar
rested. This, it appears, was also the case
in a certain locality in Massachusetts, aud
it may be the case here, unless a mere sys
tematic effort te destroy them is mad
than has obtained heretofore, or their
carecr is brought te an end through the
iutervetien of some meteorological or cli
matic phenomenon independent of hnm:t:i
effort.
F1KST MASS.
Interesting Services at St. .Jeseph'.
St. Jeseph's Catholic church w.s.
crowded yesterday morning, it having
been arranged that Rev. Father Maieus
Kirehncr, lately elevated te the pries-1-heed,
would celebrate his first mass.
St. Michael's beneficial society, arrayed
in full uniform and accompanied by tin
Citizens' band, attended in a body. St.
Jeseph's and St. Peter's societies also at
tended in theiruniferms.
The mass was impressively celebrated
by Father Kirchncr, assisted by Father
Ignatius, of St. Jeseph's hospital ; Father
Kaul, of St. Antheny's, and Father Gauss.
Millard's mass was sung with fine effect by
the choir.
A very interesting part of the service
was that a young sister of the priest took
her first communion, and that the entire
Kirchncr family also communed.
In the afternoon Father Kirchncr con
ducted the vesper service at St Jeseph's,
and in the evening he conducted the sjiecial
services at St. Antheny's. The young priest
made a very favorable impression and bids
fair te prove an able and useful member
of the priesthood.
Lit or Letters.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in
the postelficc at Lancaster, July l'J, ISfjO :
Ladies' List. Miss Annie Beet he, Miss
Ida D. Campbell, Miss Kate Graham, Miss
Lizzie Hall Miss Lydia Hillyard, .Miss
Annie Ilildebrand, Katie Jenes, Mrs.
Rachel Kink, Mrs. Dr. Win. Leng, Miss
Annie Lcib, Mrs. Lizzie Michael, Mis.s
Eliza Martz, Miss Lida Shaub, Miss .Mag
gie Smith.
Gents' List. Messrs. Fred. G. Bailey,
J. Barthcl, Chas. A. Gilbert, August bo be
mell (for.), J. K. Huber, Wm. F. Kra
mer, Harry Martin, Chas. F. Miller. Jehn
II. Payne, William Shacffer, Jehn Seltzer,
Judge II. R. Wade, T. J. Watsen.
The Tobacco Market
Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by J.
S. Gans's Sen& Ce., tobacco brokers, Xes.
Stand 8G Wall street, New Yerk, for the
week ending July 19, 1880 :
100 cases 1878 Pennsylvania, 12 te 15e. ;
350 cases 1879 Pennsylvania. 10 te 20c. :
50 cases 1877 New England, 12 te 18c. ; 100
cases 1878 New England, 15 te 18i:. ; 50
cases 1879 New England, 10 te 12c; 150
cases sundries, 12 te 15c. Total 800 cases.
Jr. . V. A. 31.
Jacob M. Chillas and Ed. Jenes, repre
sentatives of Conestoga council. Ne. 22,
Jr. O. U. A. M., Elmer E. Filler and Wm.
McGlinn, of Empire council ; J. C. Beam,
of Strasburg council, Ne. 55 ; Past Coun Ceun Coun
cileors Edward S. Smelt, and Isaac Mish
Icr, left for Easten te-day te attend the
meeting of the state council.
Picnics.
The Humane lire company is holding a
picnic at the Green Cottage, in the Eighth
ward, this afternoon and it will be kept up
until late te-night, It is for the benefit el"
the new engine house
The Seven Wise men are holding a pic
nic at Tells Hain te-day.
Heme Again.
Reah F. Wilsen, son of W. It. Wilsen,
esq., who for a year and a half past has
been in Missouri, returned home en Satur
day. He is looking very well.
Te Be Paid Te-morrow.
The employees of the Reading & Ce-
lumbia and Quarryvillc branches of the
Reading railroad will be paid for the mouth
of June te-morrow.
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