31 s-l 1 LANCASTER DAILY J NTELL1GEJSCER FRIDAY, AUGUSr 5, 188L , f jflanrasiu intelligencer. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 6, 1881. Tke Ylrgiiila Contest. Well done, Democrats of Virginia, mother of states and presidents ! The nominee and the platform of yesterday's convention leave no room te doubt that the honor of the state is safe in their keeping, and little cause te fear that it will net be left there. The reports from the primary elections of the Republican party, held in the state this week, point te a capture of its convention by the co alitionists and a fusion of the Radical and Repudiation parties in the state. This is as it should be, and is a fit sequel te the Riddleberger alliance between Mahone and the Republican senators last winter. Ner de we see in it any or tent of danger te the Democracy. Such a surrender by the Republican party there will inevitably drive out its best clement, cither into the Democratic ranks or te a position of independent op position of the unholy alliance. The Democrats have put themselves into the best possible slate of preparation for this by a bold and honest declaration of principles and the nomination of a bold and honest man. The party which gees into this contest for life and death en the famous battle ground of war and politics, filly calls it sol C ''Conservative Democratic," demo cratic in its federal relations and conser vative in its stale ielicy. net disposed te oppress and exhaust a burdened com monwealth, and yet scrupulously jealous of the state's obligations and faithfully earnest in its purpose te discharge them te the letter. The declarations of this party for " equality of rights and exact justice te all men, special privileges te none ; freedom of religion ; freedom of the press ; freedom of the persen under protection of the habeas corpus, of trial 1 by juries impartially selected, and of a pure, upright and non-partisan judic iary ; elections by the people, free from force or fraud by the citizens or by the military or civil officers of the govern ment, and the selection for public offices of these who are honest and best fitted te fill them," are no afterthought with it. It has been its fidelity te these which has made the state government of Vir ginia, controlled by the Democracy from the days of reconstruction, an ex ception te the inisgevernmcnls of near ly all the late Confederate states. The attempt of Republican sympa thizers with Mahone te make him out the friend of progress or of liberal thought, and the Democratic opposition te him as the fee te equal rights and fair clcctiens,has been unfounded and unfair. An appeal te the history of state politics there since the negre has had his vote justifies the party in charging that " any intimation coming from any quar ter I hat the Conservative Democratic party of Virginia has been, is new, or proposes te be, opposed te an honest bal bal eot and a fair count, is a calumny upon the slate of Virginia as unfounded in fact as it is dishonorable te its authors." The Mahone party have, it is true, made a demagogical appeal te the negrees by advocating the repeal of the slight suf frage lax, imposed te keep up the school system, but this i3 simply maintaining that the Virginia negrees' suffrage should net be hedged about by a limita tion with which nearly every Northern state guards Iho franchise of its white men. Virginia has maintained a public school system for the education of both white and colored children, established by the action of the Conservative party years before it was required by the con stitution, and there is no pretense that it has net liecn faithfully protected or that it is in any danger. The single real issue, however, in Virginia, is the matter of the state credit whether or net it shall be maintained. The Dem ocratic party declares, with a tone of loyal Virginia pride and in accordance with old fashioned notions of public and private integrity, " that the maintenance of the public credit of Virginia is the essential means te the promotion of her prosperity ; that we condemn repudiation, in any shape and form, as a blot upon her honor, a blew at her permanent welfare and an obstacle te her progress in wealth, influence and power; that we will make every effort te secure a settlement of the public debt, with the consent of her creditors, which is consistent with her honor and dictated by justice and sound public policy." Such a declaration means that somebody and some party mean something else. The Mahone party arc for repudiation one of its candidates would apply the " sliding scale" te the national debt also. With this element a portion of the Re publican party proposes te ally itself, and Senators Cameren and Mitchell, and Hear and ethers, who have been sympathizing with Mahone, will find themselves confronted in their own states with the hybrid offspring of this union. Majer Jehn W. Daniel, eloquent and magnetic orator, fearless and command ing leader, is a proper man te carry the standard in this fight and te proclaim its issues te the larger national audience that leeks te and waits en the issue of the Virginia struggle with an interest that attaches te no ether state contest this year. If we can see through the clear mud of the Philadelphia filthy streets the astute rooster ceuncilmcn decline te come together te devise ways and means te deliver the people from dirt and death, lest the same meeting of council would have te approve the bend of and thus qualify a successor te Donohugh, de 1 inquent tax collector. This heroic view of a serious public question is well worthy the calibre of statesmen who are elected te administer the affairs of that city. Mournful as the results are of their willful neglect of duty and partisan or selfish exercise of their powers, the people who have tolerated their selection deserve te be well scourged for their negligence or something worse. Whenever the people of Philadelphia or any ether city want it they can have geed government. They can only get it by ignoring all questions of state or national politics in their local affairs. They have no busi- ness there, in the mayor's office or any ether department of city government. The men selected te run a municipality should be chosen utterly regardless of ordinary party issues, and altogether outside of party lines. When this is done there may be geed city govern ments ; until then there is no hope. When the Pennsylvania railroad com pany advertises or allows ether persons te advertise an excursion from this city, it is presumed that the lower rate of fare, offered as an inducement for people te go, is given for the increased patronage and net in consideration of in ferior accommodations. When, there fore, as in the case of the Fine Greve excursion yesterday, and as it has hap pened before, notably in the case of the Gettysburg excursion, the company puts en the meanest grade of cars, fails te provide them with water fit te drink, or lights at night, runs such an insufficient number that the bumpers are crowded with women and children, ninsthetn at the rate of twelve miles an hour and delays them en sidings te let stock trains run around them in such cases the company is guilty of a gross and inexcusable fraud en the ex cursion management and their patrons. Nothing can justify or excuse such mis management and bad treatment of the public. Yesterday's experience will teach excursion managers, in arranging for future affairs of this sort, te held the company, with a written guarantee, te furnish decent accommodations and at least as geed conveniences as drovers generally exact fpr the transportation of hogs and cattle. . Seme of our Democratic friends in Philadelphia seem te be very restless that their party is net getting its share of patronage from Jehn Hunter, receiver of taxes, whom they helped te elect. Even if the complaint is well founded it is net in geed taste. Let the man have a chance te work out his ideas of the discharge of the duties of the office without being badgered by the placemen. The Democratic mayor is doing himself aud his party great geed by putting these narrow considerations beneath him. Give the receiver a chance. MINOR TOPICS. Tim Philadelphia Bulletin has made the discovery that " the righteousness of his cause made Jehn Brown a martyr." Next the Bulletin will find a geed word for Guiteau. A disgusted contemporary, who does net want te be esteemed, thinks the use of the phrase "our esteemed contemporary," by the papers of the metropolitan cities and " their apes of the country press," is becoming very stale. It prefers ' 'the ad-dlc-patcd, spindle-shanked, bald-headed son of a seacoek, who grinds the wheezy hurdy-gurdy across the way, etc." Be gus Ubus non. The Patriot, which is strikiug back at Attorney General Palmer for his success ful attack en the legislative salary grab, announces that the act of April 7, 1870, under which the several attorney generals of Pennsylvania who have held office since its passage have drawn $7,000 per annum in commissions en debts due the common wealth collected by them, is unconstitu tional and void ; that therefore the moneys which have thus been received by the attorneys general should be paid into the treasury of the state and that here after no commissions can be lawfully col lected by the attorney general from de linquent debtors te the commonwealth. AH this, because this portion of the pur pose and effect of the act is net expressed in its title. The Cincinnati Gazette, geed Republi can, new speaks of Edwin M. Stanten in away that in the geed old days of war would have sent its editor te Fert Lafay ette. " The truth is," says the Gazette, " that Mr. Stanten, who had made bluster pass for courage, aud acts of gross injus tice brutally persisted iu for great back bone, was seriously lacking in courage, ana naoie te ereaic ttewn in great emer gencies, as he did in ethor instances be siibs this. The true character of our great war minister' was little known te the general public. That he was capable of doing acts of gross injustice was pretty wellkuewu, and it passed for firmness, but some letters te Buchanan, never pub lished till after the latter died, revealed a great capacity for duplicity in his char acter." These hitherto unpublished verses by Deau Stanley see light through the Spec tator : I. "Till Death us part," Se speaks the heart. When each te each repeats the words or deem Thre' blessing and thre' curse, Fer better and for worse. We will be one, till that deathhenrshall come. II. LUe, with its myriad grasp, Our yenming souls shall clasp, lly ceaseless lore, and stall expectant wonder ; In bends that shall endure, Indissolubly sure, Till Ued in death shall part enr pallia asunder. III. Till death us join, O voice yet mere divine ! That te the broken heart breathes hope sub lime; Thre' lonely hours And shattered powers We still are one, despite of change and time. IV. Death, with his healing hand, Shail once mere knit the band Which needs but that one link which none may sever; Till thre' the Only Geed, Heard, lclt. and understood, Our lile in Ued shall make us one forever. PERSONAL. Maj. S. A. Ancona will marshal the big firemen's parade te come off in Read ing. He can de it. Frank Suvdam, formerly of this city, supply master at the state lunatic hospital, is visiting his home in Lancaster. Edw. Reillt esq., of New Haven, Conn., formerly of Lancaster, has been visiting the old town. He is copper mining in Arizona. Mr. J. V. Campbell, tobacconist, left this city, yesterday en the Pacific express, en his annual trip te Cape May. We are living in great times. Garfield is getting peaches from Georgia rebels and strawberries from blarsted Britishers in Quebec. Queen Victeria persists in showing her distaste of the Bareness Burdett Coutts' marriage with young Bartlett by giving the ancient bride the cut direct in public, Dr. Mackie, of Scotland, has captured ' and borne off Miss Belle Mitchell one of the belles of Milwaukee and niece of Hen. Alex. Mitchell, the millionaire bank er and railroad king. Dr. McCesn, of Princeton, has been obliged te give up his proposed visit te San Francisce. He had reached Salt Lake City when he received news of the serious illness of his seu in New -Yerk and he was obliged te retrace his steps. There is hardly any difference in the leeks of the twin Bewsers of Janesville, Wis., but one is a drunken loafer, while the ether is au exemplary Christian. The loafer kissed a wemau unbidden in the street and her husband by mistake knock cd the Christian down. Her very muscular brother, when the mistake was explained, went out with the avowed purpose of righting the matter by whipping the real offender tremendously ; but he met the Christian, refused te believe his protesta tions that a second blunder was bciug made, and thrashed him se that he almost died. STATE ITEMS. McKcau county has just finished a $10. 000 court house, something like Cambria's aim Warren s. While digging a cellar in Harrishurg, labercis struck a vein of sand in which there is said te be geld aud silver quartz. Edward Mc.Muuigal, aged fifty-five years, was drowned iu the Delaware at Chester, while attempting te land from an excur sion beat. win. . unswern, a rich ami enterpris ing silk manufacturer of Philadelphia, brother-in-law of Wm. L. Scott, of Erie, has died lately; also ex-prothenotary, Jehn A. Lengbridge. Miss Ida Tartar has been missing from her home in Norristown siuee-July 20, en which day she started U visit friends in New lerk. She did net reach her desti nation aud nothing-has since been heard of her. Gustave Beiseb, of Bethlehem, aged eicveu, ion into tne J,elnjili canal, near 1 rccmansburg, and was drowned. He had strayed along the towpath with playmates and while lempiug fell into the water and sank. Out in Beaver Falls young Dietrich forged a cheek en a wemau for $375. Her fourteen year old daughter drew the money, aud with this they intended te clope te Chicago, but the pelice recovered the money and ferbade the banns. On Wednesday evening a three-year-old son of Gee Davis, of Coushehockeu, Mont gomery county, was strangled by accident ally getting around hi3 neck the rope of a swing en which he was playing. He was qu'te dead when discovered. Jerry Cellins, of Prospect, Blair county, in company with his wife, visited the house where the dead body of Jehn Cellins was laid out. A number of persons assembled te " wake " the corpse. Mr. Cellins, while sitting in a chair, suddenly tumbled en the fleer dead. Laber Reform Legislator Jehn F. Welsh, who was injured by au explosion of gas at Phuuiix Park colliery, has suffered such iutcse pain that he asked, time aud again, te be shot. His wife was net informed of his condition, until yesterday. She has been ill for some time and is net expected te recover. A syndicate of New Yerk capitalists, embracing A. J. Drexcl, Kidder, Peabody & Ce., J. W. Garrett and ethers, formed for the purpose of buying ihe stock of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad owned by the Gewcn interest, " is said " te account for the recent activity iu the steek of that corporation. The Pittsburgh chief of police has been telegraphed te go te Elheas with assistance" as the banditti who have been hiding in the coal miucs had lircd en citizens for refusing them feed. A band of fifty en horseback left McKeesport upeu the receipt of this intelligence and the probabilities are that the McChne murderers will be lynched if captured. Fent teen laborers coming down Iho grade of the Clean, Bradford and Warren railroad en a repairman's truck ran into the Bradford express at the Erie railway crossing. Barney Gil loe was instantly killed aud August Selgren has a shoulder aud cellar-bone broken and ethers were bruised aud inf urcd, but no one fatally. Iu Bradford the ether morning the pe lice, armed with guns, revolvers and clubs sallied forth te wage war against unli censed and unmuzzled dogs, and their bleed sprinkled the streets aud sidewalks. Ne distinction was made bet ween patrician poodles aud curs of low degree. Great indignation was expressed among the luckless ewucrs of unmuzzled degsat such a harsh aud sudden maimer of dcaliug out justice. Women shrieked in horror aud iudiguatien at seeing their pets laid out in cold bleed, aud dire threats wcre made against the sanguiuary members of the pelice force. By U o'eleck net au unmuz zled deg was te be seen and the firing ceased. LATEST NEWS BY MAIL. E. A. Wctmerc, special officer, of Neva da City, had an altercation, with Tem Byrne, a noted gambler aud desperado, which resulted in both men going for their pistols. Wctmere was the quicker, inflict ing a fatal wound. Beth men wcre noted as rapid shooters. Jas. Baker, a farmer living fifteen miles south of Fert Wayne, shot William How Hew ell with a rillc, killing him instautly. Hewell's seu went te his father's assis tance, when Baker reloaded the rifle and fired at the son, missing him. Baker was under the influcnce of liquor. A large school of sharks made their ap pearance iu North river Sunday last and have since been seen daily from the ferry beats, leaping from the water like dolphins. They have been lighting and trying te devour each ether for the past three days. One eight feet long and another seven feet have been captured by fishermen. The First artillery battalion, National Guard of California, new iu camp at Grass Valley, had a sham battle. Iu the bayo net charge te take a fort the militia be came excited, and befere the struggle was ended several commissioned officers and between twenty aud thirty men wcre mero or less wounded by bayonets, powder aud the butts of guns. Nene were seriously injured, uewevcr. At Buffalo yesterday Maud S. went te the three-quarter pole in the remarkable time of 1:35 J, but breaking badly, could only make the mile iu 2:25. Iu the second heat she trotted the mile without a skip in 2. lOJ. Piedmont wen 2 :2 1 race in straight heats, Lucy second, Voltaire, third. Best time 2:20.V. Eureka wen 2:3i race ; Tariff seceud, Kittic Weed, third. Best time, 2:23. Amber wen 2:24 for trotters, or pacers, two mile heat, Grey Chief second, Wizz third ; best time. 4:55. According te the official report, just is sued, the total acreage of wheat for 1880, iu Minnesota was 2,900,073 acres, and for 1881, 2,960,678 acres, showing an increase of only 605 acres. The crop for 1880 is reported te be 39,371,799 bushels, which gives an average yield per acre for the state of 13.30 bushels. The average yield for the state of the ether ' principal cereals was for 1880 : Oats, 33.49 bushels : corn, 31.07 bushels; barley, 23.21. The in crease in average for 1881 is : Oats, 8 06 per cent.; corn, 12.62 per cent., and bariey 71.24 per cent. This year's outlook for wheat 18 fair anil nf.lim- nnrnili l.lt.. n average. NEWS NOVELTIES. Striking Incident Tntm Real Lire. Twe of Lord Beacenfield's manuscript novels were purchased for the queen. There is still one divine in England who hunts in scarlet, and another who did se within a few years. A convict was released from an Iowa penitentiary en a pardeu forged by him self, which he sent te his wife for presen tation te the warden. There are 22 factories en the Washiugteu county coast of Maine, two-thirds of them in the town of Eastport, where herring are put up in imitation French boxes, bearing French labels, as sardines. They are preserved iu cotton-seed oil, which is as serted en the boxes te be choice olive oil. Maine's Earthquake. The earthquake shock in Bauger, Me., the ether evening, was sufficiently severe te shake dishes and mantel ornaments. It occurred at about 9:45 o'clock. A low rumbling was first heard, followed by the shaking of the earth, which appeared te be en a Hue running north and south. In Brewcr, in some of the houses en the first range of hills back from the Penobscot river, beds were shaken, crockery rattled, doers slamincd, etc. The shock lasted about four seconds. It is said that in Orone, Dever and ether towns the shock was mere severe than in Banger. Malt Liquors In Europe. Statistics lately laid before the congress of brewers at Versailles show that there arc iu Europe about 40,000 breweries, pro ducing nearly 2,250,000 gallons of malt liquor. Great Britain produces nearly a third ; then comes Prussia, Bavaria and Austria. Bavaria consumes 54 gallons per head ; Belgium(whose beer is chiefly made at Louvain, where, tee, is her chief uni versity) 30 ; England, 29. Outside of Ba varia, where the very babies lap beer, the average consumption iu Germany is 19 gallons. In Scotland it is 9 ; Ireland, 8 ; France, 4, but steadily increasing. The past twcnty-livd years have seen also an extraordinary increase in the beer produc tion of Ireland aud Scotland, where form erly wiue and spirits were almost cxclu sively drank. The Tiger Hunts the Sliab. The Persian Shab, while pursuing tigers in a royal forest, fired at but only wounded ene of the beasts, which i mmediatcly sprang upon him. Abandoning his rifle, the, Shah drew his great double-edged hunting knife and presented it at the breast of the de scending tiger. The weapon was se well directed that the animal impaled himself upon it, but the impetus of his charge was se great that both Shah and tiger rolled ou the ground. The attendants rushed up breathless with fear, thinking it was all ever with their master, but the Shah im mediately get up without showing any signs of injury or fear and fiuished oft' his adversary. A HKAVV. SPECULATION. Hew Kulus Htitcti Surprised the Grain Spec ulators. It is net mere than six months since a woll-kuewn New Yerk stock aud produce operator announced te his friends and customers that he had become tired of fighting Gould, Vanderbilt, Kccne, Sage and ethers ; had accumulated a " kingly " fortune, and had determined te retire from the speculative field at once. This an nouncement was follewcd,by the selling of his scat en the stock exchange, the dispo sition of a large block of Iren Steamboat company's stock, his contest against the Western Union consolidation, his defeat iu the courts, and his trip te Bermuda for recreation. Nearly everybody believed that this speculator really intended te be " a man of leisure " in the future ; and when he suddenly appeared en the lloer of the New Yerk produce exchange en Wednesday, just as the " call ou corn " opened, his face beaming with smiles, his coat thrown open, exposing the indispensa- uic wuue waistcoat, loeKiug uec uniiice a Texan ranger, with his bread-brimmed while felt hat, he received the usual hilar ious greeting which Rufus Hatch is se well accustomed te. As each of his acquaint ances shook him by the hand, Mr. Hatch smacked his lips as much as te say, " I have something sweet iu store for you." A large number had understood that he had peculiar views as te the market, aud that he advised "people who have money te place it in the bank." Mr. Hatch was net inclined te be offended at the sarcasms or tue oreau jekcs with wnicii 110 was greeted, but seemed rather te take them goed-naturedly as compliments. When " September option " was called, Mr- Hatch steed blandly by aud kept close watch en the bidders. The nominal price was 60 cents, but when "the bids reached 59 J Mr. Hatch nodded te the call-clerk te sell. The members then nudged each ether and remarked : " New we'll sec whom he's selling for." The call-clerk asked : " What's the name ?" Mr. Hatch responded in a stentorian voice, " Rufus Hatch." This caused a little commotion and surprise. As the call proceeded Mr. Hatch continued te sell until he had actually sold 288,000 bushels of the total transactions of the call, which mounted te 448,000 bushels. He sold se freely that the market declined from one-fourth te three-eighths of a cent a bushel, aud the general inquiry was, " I wduder what that ' bear' is up te ?" The response was, " Ob, he's selling ' short' te enferce the theory that grain must be lower te com pare with low freights." Mr. Hatch left the fleer, finally, his ceuntenance bcamiug with apparent satisfaction that he had " fooled the boys again." The facts are that he had sold actual property aud had made between $3,000 aud $9,000 en the turn. The trading was the heaviest known in " September options " for many months. Freaks of Lightning. Lightniug struck a pine tree at the head of Celvin's Creek, N. C, and kindled a fire that swept 7,000 acres of land, destroy ing timber crops and turpentine. Mether and son wero struck by light ning at the residence of Widow Kransi, at Watertewn, Wis. The mother lest her bearing and her twelve-year-old son was killed. Lightning struck the heuse of A. J. Smith, at Amherst, Wis., and made kin dling weed of the four pests of the bed en which Mr. and Mrs. Smith aud their child were sleeping, killing Mrs. Smith instant ly, aud injuring her husband and child. Mr. Lill, of New Yerk, was talking with Mr. Payne and Mr. Wynn, iu their ware house, at Dadeville, Alabama, when light ning struck the warehouse. Mr. Lill was tossed up against the ceiling. Mr. Wynn threw an involuntary double somersault backward, aud Mr. Payne was stripped of his clothing and thrown te the fleer. The sun was shining brightly at Adrian, Mich., although there wcre indications of a distant storm,'when a lightning stroke instantly killed Charles Mead, a boy who was playing ball. The belt struck the boy's right temple, burned off his hair, stripped him of his clothes, and sent into the air tne ball he held m his hands. A belt of lightning shattered an elm in front of the residence of Geerge Tate, at Biddeford, Me., entered the heuse by a second-story window, shivered a mirror without injuring the frame, breke a frag ment from the steel plate of a sewing ma chine, cut a round hole through the fleer into the room below, broke a vase en the mantel in this room, and departed after throwing te the fleer Miss Tate, who was sitting in the next room. In a recent storm in Iowa a ball of fire came out of the sky, remained apparently motionless for a few seconds, and then sent out in as many different directions fully thirty zigzag belts of lightning, which flashed ever the whole northern heavens. In this same storm a wave of light shot up from the southwestern horizon and illuminated the whele heavens for twenty minutes. The light was flame color, and .bright as sunlight. It changed te violet and blush red, which colors Listed forty minutes. THE VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS. A Streng Candidate en a Geed llatfer:ii. The Conservative Democratic state co n- ventien et Virginia met yesterday, in Rieh- mend. and permanently organized by elect ing 1 nemas b. iioceck ler chairman. A resolution of sympathy with President Gar field was adopted unanimously nud the following I'latfurm. The Conservative Democratic party of Virginia democratic in its federal rela tiens and conservative in its state policy assembled iu convention, iu view of the present condition of the Union and of this commonwealth, for the clear and distinct assertion of its political principles doth declare : First That we adept the following ar ticles of political faith : First Equality of rights and exact justice te all men ; special privileges te none : freedom of re ligien ; freedom of the press ; freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus, of trial by juries impartially selected and of a pure upright, aud non partisan judiciary : elections by the people free from force or fraud by citizens or by the military or civil officers of the govern ment, and the selection for public officers of these who are hehest aud best fitted te fill them ; the support of the state govern ments iu all their rights as the most com petent administrators of our domestic con cerns and the surest bulwarks against anli Rcpublicau tendencies aud the preserva tion of the general government iu its whole constitutional vigor as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and our safe ty abroad. Second That the maintenance of the public credit of Virginia is the essential means te the promotion of her prosperity ; that we condemn repudiation iu every shape and form as a blot upeu her honor, a. blew at her permanent welfare aud au obstacle te her progress iu wealth, iuflu encc aud power ; that we will make every effort te secure a settlement of the public debt, with the consent el her creditors, which is consistent with her honor and dictated by justice and seuud public policy ; that it is eminently desirable aud proper that the several elasses of the debt new existing should be unified, se that equality, which is equity, may control in tbe annual payment of the interest and the ultimate redemption of the principal ; that with the view of securing such equality, we pledge our party te use all lawful au thority te secure a settlement of the state debt se that there shall be but ene class of public debt ; that we will use all the law ful aud constitutional means in our power te secure a settlement upon the basis of a 3 per cent, bend, aud that the Conserva tive Democratic party pledges itself as part of its policy net te increase the pre sent rate of taxation. Third That we will upheld iu its full constitutional integrity and efficiency our public school system for the education of both white and colored children, a system mauguaratcd by the constitution of the state, and established by the action of the Conservative party years before it was re quired by the constitution, aud will take the most effectual meaus for the faithful execution of the same by applying te its support all the revcuues set apart for that object by the constitution or otherwise. Fourth Upen this declaration of prin ciples we cordially invite the co operation of all Conservative Democrats, whatever may have been, or new are, their views upon the public debt, iu the election of the nominees of this convention, aud iu the maintenance of the supremacy of the Democratic party in this state. Iieselccd, further, that any intimation coming from any quarter that the Censer vative Democratic party of Virginia has been, is new, or proposes te be, opposed te an honest ballet and a fair count is a calumny upon the state of Virginia, as unfounded iu fact as it is dishonorable te its authors ; that special efforts be made te fester and encourage the agricultural, mechanical, mining, manufacturing and ether industrial interests of the slate. The Candidate. At the conclusion of the first ballet for governor after great delay the vote was announced as fellows : Fitzhii"h Lee, 239i : James A. Walker, 170. ; James Goede, 181. The remaiuiug 47 votes were cast for several ether candidates. Jehn W. Daniel was then put into nomination aud a motion te make it unanimous was carried amid a scene of extraordinary enthusiasm The yclslef the audience being deafening. The caudidate was. scut for, he came before the couveulion and made a long speech, iu which he approved the platform from beginning te end. The convention ad journed at the close of his speech until te-day. Mr. Daniel is 39 years of age, was a Confederate soldier and assistant adjutant general under Gen. Early. In the battle of Spettsylvania he was shot and left for dead en the field, ehewiuir his dispatches te prevent them from falling into Uuien bauds. As a result of that wound he is lame, one leg bciug shorter than the ether, Iu personal appearance he bears a striking resemblance te Edwiu Beeth. He second ed the nomination of Hancock iu the Cin cinnati convention of 1880. A Helland Clieose Factory. Hen. S. S. Cox, member of Congress, is in EurejK) new, aud in a letter from Helland that extremely interesting coun try whose history is one of industrial and military glory gives this account of the cheese factory he visited : At length, live miles east of Amsterdam, we step iu front of a square pyramidal heuse, mostly reef and cell ir. Its reef is very steep. We enter a long hall, as clean as a well scoured copper kettle iu a Dutch painting, We find iu the room many divisions, like stalls. They are well sanded, aud shells are scattered iu the sand. Here and there are mauy lined stones, set in tasteful fresco, and borders of brick, painted iu red and black. Then a path way laid with carpet ever the bricks, and then seme matting, en which we walked. The long hall had all the appcarance of a varnished, elegant, decorated gallery. Iu rows above (the walls wcre covered with plates, pans, pails), vessels of all kinds of contrivance for kitchen and field, polished te a brightness whose dazzling sheen is only te be found iu the pictures te which I have referred as illustrative of Dutch home life, or iu the fabled diamond shield which Spencer gives te Prince Arthur iu Frcrieland. This hall of the colors with its domestic garniture of scales weights, ware, shells, pipes cradles and tubs all neat as a fresh-laid egg is a cow stable. Aye, verily. This is summer, and the cows are out ou the yellow decked meadows Their winter home is decked out thus clearly aud gaud ily for tbe famity in summer. ihese di visions are for thirty-eight milch cows and certain conveniences appear, en close in spection, for their housing beneath the glistening and colored oxterior of the summer dress. We pass into another de partment. We are conducted by a young son. lie points ent in a few Dutch phrases that sound a geed deal English, being homely words this and that piece of utility for making cheese. Here are fifty nice, round, yellow, fat cheeses, salted down in long basins and undergoing hardening. They are the same seen in the shops in their bright red color, and when cut as we cut ene of them for our lunch gave their golden beauty te the eye and their lusciousness te the teeth and tongue. ATTACKS THE BRIDEGROOM. Hew an Angry Weman In Newark Made Lively Use of an Iren raker. Antheny C. Nickel was married about two weeks age, and. after making a wed -ding tour, he arrived at his home in New ark en Thursday last. The next" morn ing he went te his butcher shop at Waver ly place aud Broemo . street, and divided his time between waiting en customers and responding ie the warm congratula tions of frieuds. Among his acquaintances who entered was a young wemau whom Nickel was net auxieus te see. Miss Fran ccsca Bqettiugcr, as she called herself, had married a man named Weiss, but he de serted her, and slie again took her maiden name. Meeting Nickel seme mouths age. she seen showed, it is said, entire willing ness te make a new matrimonial venture with him as her partner. She gave him several presents, aud did net desist in her attentions te him upon learning that he was engaged te marry another girl. Nickel thought Miss Boettinger's face were a stern leek when she entered the shop. He was net long left in doubt as te her intention. He says she immediately walked toward him and began beating him with au iron poker. He jumped out of her reach, and then she overturned his boxes of potatoes and oranges, and did ether damage, windiug up by breaking his front windows. He did net feel like puuishiug her, but te keep her from troubling him again he caused her arrest yesterday afternoon for breach of the peace. Justice Jehn Otte reqnircd her te give $500 bail. Tllli SUPRtiME TIKNCII VACANCY. Au Undue Representation of Republicans. Chicago Journal, Ilea. If another Republican is appointed in Clifferd's place, we shall then have a su preme bench composed of eight Repub licans and one Democrat, aud Justice Field will be the sole representative of that party which is in the ascendency in eighteen states of thirty-eight, and which is strong enough te make it necessary te classify New Yerk, Connecticut aud Indiana among the doubtful states iu every presidential election. If it ever had been the custom among former presidents te apportion these supreme judges among lawyers of a different political faith, certaiuly such a practice could new tin con sistently urged. But if the supreme court wcre solidly Republican, except that its members are appointed for Iifc,it would be no mere of a vidlatieu of the principle of pepnlar government thau the election of president is at the present lime. Mr. Gar field is president of the United States, ami his authority in the Southern states, where he did net receive a single electoral vote, is as supreme as It is iu cither of these states where he received his highest majority. The eighteen states that voted for General Hancock have the same interest in the prosperity of the nation that the twenty states have that cast the majority of elec toral votes necessary te choeso a presi dent. The supiemc court is net a political or ganization ; it performs no legislative function, and should never show a parti san leaning. 1110 teuure 01 tue oince is fixed te held during geed behavior ou pur pose that its occupants shall be abevq the clamor aud excitement of popular changes. The essential point te be gained iu their appointment relates principally te their ability, tearing iu the law, and in their in tegrity and honesty in the discharge of their high official duties. m am LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE DENTISTS. Tnu HuirlH AHMoclatlen Jllcel lit Eulirala A stated meeting of the Harris Dental association, was held yesterday at the res idence of Dr. D. R. Hertz, Ephrata. The following gentlemen were present : Dr. AVm. N. Amcr, president, Lancaster : Dr. J. G. Wcltncr, secretary, Lititz ; Dr. Jehn McCalla, Millcrsville ; Dr. D. R. Hertz, Ephrata ; Dr. A. W. Rogers, Co lumbia ; Dr. J. M. Dunlap, Manheim ; Drs. II. 1). Knight, E. K. Yeung, Gee. A. Hei ting, T. R. Piston and J. W. Allen, Lancaster; Alfred D. Clark, of Lancaster, a pupil of President Amer's. A large number of interesting eases wcre reported by members aud discussed at some length. Dr. Jehn McCalla delivered a highly in teresting and instructive lecture upon the "Anatomy of the Head." The society was very handsomely enter tained by Dr. Hertz aud his wife, and ou reassembling resolutions of thanks for their kindness aud hospitality were unani mously voted. The society adjourned te meet iu their rooms in this city, ou the first Thursday iu November. The gentlemen from this city reached their homes iu the evening via the Read ing railroad. A Lancaster Alan Killed. Jehn Atlec Crawford a native of this county, a son of the late James Crawford ami a brother of Mrs. Jehn Getz, met with a terrible and fatal accident in Phila delphia en Tuesday night. Mr. Crawford was employed as a messenger by the Adams express company, and had occa sion te get upeu the elevated railway in rear of the express building at Sixteenth aud Filbert streets. Anether man en the elevated read had filled a cooler with ice, aud Crawford walked ever the . tics te get some water from thoeeolcr. Making a mis-step he fell te the street below, aud sustained a fracture of the skull and ether injuries. He w:is removed immediately te the Penn sylvania hospital, where he died Wednes day morning. His remains were removed te the residence of his brother-in-law, Charles Miller, Ne. 1241 Heath street, and Deputy Cot ener Powers held an inquest yesterday, his jury rendering a verdict that death resulted from concussion of the brain caused by a fall from the elevated read, aud ceu-mring the Pennsylvania rail road as partly responsible for the accident. Mr. Crawford was an estimable young man, about 30 years of age aud had many friends in this city. His funeral took place in Philadelphia this afternoon and was at tended by the employees of the Adams express company and the Rivcrleu ball club. The Presbyterian ricnlc. The excursion of the Presbyterian Mis sion Sunday school te Manheim was a success in every respect, net an accident occurring te mar the pleasures of the day. The trains were comfortably filicdand rau en regular schedule time; the arrangements at the park were complete, and, barring the heat, the picnic was one of the most enjoyable ever held by the school. CheHlcr County Tobacco Sales. E. W. Jehns, of Uwchlan township, has sold his crop of tobacco te Isaac Stirk, Lancaster, at 11 lt 8J and 3 cents per pound ; Drumere & Quaintance, same township, have sold their crop te a Lan caster party at 10 and 2 cents ; Samuel Ludwick, same township, has disposed of his crop te a firm in Lancaster at 10, 5 aud 3 cents. Tobacco Radly Injured. Some tobacco was cut se badly in the neighborhood of Manheim by the hail in Monday's storm that the farmers are cut ing it off and will plow the ground for wheat. The Uall Tessern. The Ironsides, of this city, have accept ed the challenge of Our Beys' baseball club, of Columbia, te play en the Iron sides' grounds tomorrow. CLlteE OF TUB CASH. Leaving the Landlaville Greve. At the Landisville campmcctiug yestei day morning there was no diminution in the attendance upon the religious services.. The 6 o'clock praver meeting this morning was led by Rev. Wm. Sheck, of Beading, aud Rev. M. 1). Diehls, of Bainbridge, led the meeting at S:30. As 10:30 a. m. Dr. Reach preached for the last time taking his text from Paul's Second Epistle te the Corinthians iv., 18, " While we leek net at the things which are seen but the things that are unseen," etc. The audience was very large and listened attentively te au excellent dis course. The usual children's meeting was held at 1:30 p. m. iu the tout and 3 o'clock the sacrament of the Lord's Supicr was ad ministered, with a very impressive'sirvice, about a dozen ministers participating. Early in the evening the crowd began te assemble te witness the final services of the season, which arc always full of speci.'d interest. They weie inaugurated at 6:30 p. m. with the ehildreus' final service of breaking camp, all the juvenile:; ou the ground forming into precession, after a time of singing aud prayer, march ing around the circle and breaking ranks. Prof. Elleuberger, of Harrrdmrg. directed this beautiful and attractive service. At the regular "half-past seven" ser vice Rev. Henry Wheeler, of Columbia, preached a morning discourse from the text contained in St.Matthew.xxr., 28, 'J, 30, 31. An extended and fervent prayer service followed, during which a. iiumbcr of persons, iucluding Mr. Wheeler's son, aud young people lrem Lititz and Lancas ter made profession of their faith. At the conclusion of this affecting ser vice, and net befere 10:30, the final service leek place ; the vast'mtiltitude present, mero than ou any previous nay except Sunday, were formed iu a line aud, led by Revs. Reach and Robinson, took up the march three times around the circle. The ministers then gathering i:t front of the altar, received and badc'parseiiai farewell te the people as they passed, broke ranks aud exchanged salutations. The camp was then at an cud. Seme of thoc-e in attendance left at once, among them Paster Robinson, of this city. Others remained until this-morning, and new the weeds is pretty well deserted. Anether Caiiinmeetliigin I'resjicct. The annual eampmeclingef the Brown.s Brewn.s Brown.s tewn district of the Evangelical associa tion will he opened iu the beautiful grove near Brownstown, West Earl township, ou Monday evening, August 8, and con tinue until Friday night. 74 tents are engaged.- AH will enjoy themselves who at tend this eampmectiiig. Geed preaching, geed singing, and a geed time can be ex pected at this meeting, as our Evangelical friends have vet. the old fire among thorn. RCRULARY. And Attempted Robbery. Last night burglars breke into the resi dence of Charles Edwards, West King street, near Mulberry, and attempted te carry off his iron safe ; hut they appeared te have been frightened off before complet ing their bold undertaking. They evidently entered Mr. Edwards's grounds from 'the rear of the let which extends te Mifilin street. They then broke a shutter te the kitchen window, and thus entered the kitchen. Being unable te get from the kitchen te the dining room without making te much noise, they appear te hav retraced their steps, entered the alley adjoining the din ing room and forced a deer leading from the alley te the dining room. Once iu the dining room they barricaded the stair deer leading te the second lloer, by placing a chairback under the deer knob. They then breke open the deer betwecu the dining room ami parlor, and attacked a small ireu safe iu which Mr. Kd wards keeps his papers, autl iu which the rob bers, no doubt, supposed he, kept his money. Being unab'e te" epn the safe, tne thieves adopted the rather unusual plan of attempting te carry it off, its weight being only about 300 pounds. Teariug up the carpels they wrapped some breadths of llieiu around the safe, tying them securely. They then get a picce of scantling and placed it be tween the carpet and the safe, their object being.cvidently te carry the safe off en their shoulders. About the time tlic:e preparations were finished they appear te have been seared oil", as affairs were found iu the condition stated above when Mr. Edwards arose in the morning. Mr. Edwards states that he heard a noise about midnight, aud half suspected that burglars were about. He get out el bed, and stamped upon the fleer, but fear ed te go down stairs. Hearing 110 further noise he went te bed again and made no examination of the premises until meru- g- Had the thieves broken open the safe, or carried it off, they would net have been repaid for their trouble, as there was no money iu it. Since an attempt was made upon his safe, seme time age, what money he has is kept in bank. I'lKiiing l'artivK. A fishing party consisting of Many Mot Met fett, Win. Kiehl. Chas. Yecker, Ilarry Al bright and David Killingcr, left this city bright and early, ardent and hopeful, yes terday morning. They went te Sale Har Har eor and their bait and lines were strong enough te draw the bass aud held them, but they wouldn't bite the bass wouldn't. The boys bit the lunch all the same, and if they brought home empty fish baskets, likewise were these which had borne the eatables. Anether large fishing party uuder con con eoy of AV. A. Morten, commander, Fr. Brimmer, train master, II. I". Carsen, commissary, Gee. M. Bergcr, S. W. Raub, II. H. Hcusel and ether congenial people left before sunrise this morning iu a big 'bus for a day's fishing at Baumgardncr's mill dam,in Martic township,ou the Pcquca. They propose te. seine the dam aud expect te catch fish by the barrel, bushel aud bucket ful. Nene of their friends have made any ether prevision for te-morrow's breakfast, and such implicit confidence will, of course, net be betraved. C'liumv. c liny Tite Railroad. The Eastern division of the Peach Bot Bot Bet eom railway extending from the Susque hanna river te Oxford, will be sold at pub lie sale at Meneugh's hotel, in Oxford, 011 Thursday, September 1, at 12 o'clock. Under and by virtue of a decree of the court of common picas of Lancaster coun ty, made en the 30th day of April, 1881, in a certain suit iu equity, in which Jehn W. Ryen, trustee, and ethers, arc plaintiffs, and the "Hanover Junction and Susque hanna railroad company," and ethers, :uv defendants, W. Lcaman and J. Hay Brown, commissioners, will sell by public vcudtic or out-cry. at the court house, in Lancas ter, Pa., en Thursday, September 15, 1881. at 2 o'clock, p. m., the railroad read bed, right of way, eoiperate franchises, heredi taments, and all property, real and per sonal, of the Hanover Junction and b'ns quchanna railroad company, situated iu the counties of Yerk and Lancaster. Robberies at Laedlsvllie, During the throng at the camp meeting grounds last evenipg, a tent was entered and" thieves stele a watch therefrem. The same scamps, or seme ethers, broke into and roeueti a suee aiuru iu tue village, a branch of Geerge Wcngcr's Mount Jey store. They Had That. SliipiMMisuurg Chronicle. According te the Lancaster Intelli gencer, they hid nene but "ornate" preachers at the Laudisvillc campmceting. These in attendance, therefore, must have had an embellished time.
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