t 'r--i k. Volume XV III Hi. 61. LANCASTER, PA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1881. Priee Twt Onte. . "tl . . imJiUcIIuuiuti: v PwPPICTvtSW' '-1 VI K L tfOJSDT JOHN MOJSTD THE GEEAT HOLIDAY SALE of Philadelphia, AT THE GRAND DBPQT, In both the Main Building and the two new annexes, when FIVE ACRES OP FLOOR SPACE AND GALLERIES will be thrown open te the public for th9 marvelously beautiful exhibition of dry goods, fancy goods, ladies' dresses, and house furnishings of every description. Vienna, Paris, Berlin and Switzerland have poured in beautiful things for Christmas, and the new toy department covering a half acre let is LIKE FAIKY LA.1STT3. All told, the present stock offers our customers a selection from almost two million dollars' worth of goods. The ladies' suits and coats and the Fur Department occupy the new building direetly en the corner of Thirteenth and Chestnut. The ladie3', gents' and children's hosiery, gloves and gents' furnishing goods occupy the three stores (thrown into one) en the west side of Chestnut Street entrance. The Immense Windows On Chestnut Street, and the arcade entrance, with its splendid displays of Christmas things, Will be iUuminated with Electric Light until 10 o'clock every night. Mail orders have our careful attention. We are organized te attend te twelve hundred letters daily. JOHN WANAMAKBB, Grand Depot, Thirteenth, ftarket and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia. BOOKS AND STATHHfEBl. ptHRIHTMAh PKKSKNTS. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS unil Gems of Art in Christmas end Mew Year Cards at L. M. JbLYNN'S, He. 4S WEST KINO 8TKKBT. 1881. 1882. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY GOODS!! NOW OPEN ! CALL AND SEE ! AT THE BOOKSTORE OF JOM SAM'S SONS, 15 tad 17 NORTH WEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. COA1 T B. MAKTIK, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In all kinds of LUKBER AND COAL. 9rard: Ne. 430 North. Water and Prince street above Lemen. Lancaster. n3-lyd COHO & WILE?, SSO KOBTH WATER ST., ImnetuUr, Fa., Wholesale and Betall Dealers In LUMBER AND GOAL. CenaeeUea With the Telephonic exchange. Branch Office: Ne. 30 CENTRE SQUABE. lebSS-lyd nute RELLLY & KELLER GOOD, CLEAN FAULT COAL, Alse, Hay and Straw by the bale or ten. Farmers and ethers In want of Snperlei Manure will find It te their advantage te call. Yard, IlarrUburg Pike. I Office. 20X East Chestnut street, f agl7-lt ADIK8- HAIK DBES8BB MRS. C. LILLER. Ladies' Hair Dresser. Manufacturer and Dealer In Hair Werk, Ladies' and Gents' Wiss. combings straight ened and mude te order. Hair Jewelry of all kinds made up. Alse. Kid Gloves and Feath ers cleaned and dyed. Alse, Ladies' Shcmuoo Shcmueo Shcmuoe lng. 229 & 227 NORTH QUEEN STEET. e33md Four doers above P. R. B. Depot WANAMAKEE'S OEEAT HOLIDAY WANAMAKER WILL INAUGURATE ON A Y, DECEMB JLHOX HITTEBS. "HON BITTERS. IRON BITTERS! A TRUE TONIO. IRON BITTERS are higblyrccemmendcd ter all diseases requiring a certain and effi cient tonic; especially INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, INTERMITTENT FEVERS, WANT OP APPE TITE, LOSS OF STRENGTH, LACK OF ENERGY, &c. It enriches the bleed, strengthens the muscles, and gives new Ufa te the nerves. It acts like a charm en the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such as Tatting the Feed, Belching, Heat in the Stomach, Heartburn, etc. The only Iren Preparation that will net Dlacken the teeth or give headache. Sold by all druggists. Write ler the ABC Boek, 32 pp. ei useful and amusing reading tent free. BROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY, 123-lydAwJ BALTIMORE, MD. Fer Sale at OOOHBAN'S DRUG STORE, 137 and 139 North Queen street, Lancaster. DBX T ANE & CO. ANE & CO. LANE & CO., Ne. 24 EAST KING STREET, LANCASTER, PA., DEALERS IN FOREIGN AID DOMESTIC LEY GOODS. JUST OPENED A SPLENDID LINE OF LADIES7 GOATS AND COATINGS, VERY CHEAP. LADIES' UNDERWEAR in all grades. GENTLEMEN'S UNDERWEAR, iu Red and White Goods. BLANKETS, jn great variety. FEATHERS, Steam Cured. CARPETS and QUEENSWARE. HORSE and LAP BLANKETS, BOLTING CLOTHS. &c. Special inducements In price new as we desire le make a radical change in hteck by JAN U AltY 1, 1S32. . Jacob M. Harks. Jehn A. MEDICAL. T OCHEK'3 Kenewned Cough Syrup. A pleasant, safe, speedy and sure remedy ler Colds. Coughs, Hoarseness, Asthma, Influen za. Soreness of the Threat and Chest, Bron chitis, Whooping Cough, Spitting of Bleed, In flammation et the Lungs and all Diseases of the Chest and Air Passages. This valuable preparation combines all the medicinal virtues of these articles which long experience has proved te possess the most sate and efficient qualities for the cure of all kinds of lung diseases. PRICE, 25 Cents. Prepared onlyandseldby OHAS. A. LOOHEB, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGIST, Ne. 9 East King street, Lancaster. SALE. EE 5th, fKON HITTERS. SURE APPETISER. GOODS Charles. Jehn B. Reth. HOTELS. OW OPEN SPRBCHKK BOUSE, OK 13 Europeen plan. Dining Beems let Ladles and Gentlemen. Entrance at Ne. 31 North Duke street. Clam and Turtle Soup Lebster Salad, Oysters in Every Style and all the Delicacies et the Season. We solicit the patronage et the public may7-tid STEAMED OYSTEK8. Specialty made of Steamed Oysters at the SPRECHER HOUSE. Ne. 27 North Duke Street. Having furnished our Restaurant with a boiler for steaming oysters, we take this meth od et informing the public that we are pre pared at all times te furnish them te families at their houses or at the restaurant. Ladies' entrance, Ne. 27 North Duke street GBOFF ft COPELAND, oet29-tfd Proprietors. Hancastcr Jntriligenrer. TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 6,1881. AGRICULTURE. Meellig er the Lancaster L'euty AgrI CDltaral and Horticultural Society. Condition or the Creps The Rainfall The Sanitary Condition or the Farmer's Heme Night Markets, and Other Timely Topics. A stated meeting of the Lancaster Agri cultural and Horticultural society was held in their room in city hall yesterday afternoon. The following named members and visi tors were present : Jeseph P. Witmer, president, Paradise ; M. D. Kendig, secre tary, Creswell ; Dr. C. A. Greene, city ; Frank R. Diffenderffer, city ; James Weed, Little Britain ; Jehn C. Linvill, Salisbury ; Cyrus Neff, Maner ; B Frank Landis, East Lampeter; Simen P. Eby, city ; C. A. Gast, city ; J. M. Johnsten, city ; Calvin Cooper, Bird-iu-Hand : Jehn H. Landis, Maner ; Jehnsen Miller, War wick; Wm. II. Brosius, Drumere; J. Heffman Hcishcy, Saluuga ; C. L. Hun seeker, Manhcim ; Walter Ileiuitsh, city ; Peter S. Reist, city ; Levi S. Reist, Ore gan ; Epb. S. Hoever, Manhcim. Crep Beperts. Reports being called for as te the condi tion of the crops, Jehn C. Linvill, of Salisbury, reported that the wheat and grass in that section of the county looked remarkably well, lie also stated, as a curious circumstance, that while the peach crop in that neighborhood was almost an entire failure there were several trecs en a ridge with a northern exposure, between the Pequea and the Gap, that bore abun dantly. The trees steed perhaps 150 feet above the level of the surrounding coun try iu which all the peaches had been killed by the excessive cold of last winter. B. Frank Landis, of East Lampeter, re ported grass and wheat in very geed con dition in his neighborhood. The rain-fall during the past month was 2J inches. The priucipal part of the new tobacco had been sold ; much of it had recently been taken from the poles aud showed a geed deal of white vein. Cyrus Neff and M. D. Kendig, of Maner, reported the grass and fall wheat as being very rank, and Mr. Kendig reported the rainfall for .November at J 4-1U inches. President Witmer reported that in Para dise the grain aud grass looked well ; a geed deal of tobacco was taken from the poles but net much had been sold. A week age he took occasion te test the pro duct of a fresh Aldcrney cow, and he found that she yielded 10 pounds of but ter in ene week. Under laverable circum stances he thought the yield would have been larger. Sanitary Condition of Farmers' lleusy. J. C. Linvill read the following cbsay : Why should net farmers be the health iest people in the world ? Perhaps they are, and yet when ene gees te any assem bly in the winter season he will notice a vast amount of coughing and blowing of noses. When you inquire of your neigh bor regarding the health of his family the stereotyped reply is, iu case nene is hick, "all well except bad colds." Bad colds, (who ever heard of colds that are net "bad,") often lead te something worse. Our houses arc made tee nearly air-tight. Patent weather strips an'l tarred sheathing paper are the twin curses of modern house building. Our grandfathers buikled better than they knew. A leg cabin with a great rearing weed lire en the open hearth afforded better ventilation than all the contrivances of the architect. But tlic days of the' leg cabin aud open weed Hies are past. The weather strips and sheathing paper de net necessarily make the house un healthy. Any one who cares for his health will lcave his bed-room window an inch or two open in winter. Of course this defeats the very object of the above mentioned contrivance, which is te keep the cold and pure air out, aud the foul and warm air in. Warm air is net necessarily impure, but speedily becomes foul in air tight apartments. Better far te burn a ten or two mere coal and breathe pure air than te inhale carbonic acid gas and have cold and con sumptien aud death. I have in my "mind's eye" farmers' houses where cvery pathway about the heuseyard is laid with beards and daily scrubbed te scrupulous whiteness aud a feet mat meets you at every augle and in vites you te clean your beets, and where the tinware en the kitchen walls shiue re splendent and the stove is as black as " Rising Sun polish " cau make it ; and yet when the cellar deer is opened thcre ceme up smells that are net " Sabenn odors Frem the spicy shores Ot Araby the blest." The poet Coleridge counted thicc hun dred and sixty-five separate aud distinct smells in the city of Cologne. I have never yet been able te make a lull analysis of the scents of an average cellar, but think the numbers -will net ran se high as in the perfumed city abeve mentioned. Beets, potatoes, turnips and cabbages give up their fragrance, te say nothing of odoriferous saucr kraut and salt flsh. The smell of apples even, is unbearable when confined te the house. These things should all be kept in a cellar at the barn, or in some outbuilding convenient te the dwelling. The subject matter of the essay was discussed by Dr. Greene, S. P. Eby, Jes. F. Witmer and Calvin Cooper, all of whom agreed substantially with the essayist, and urged the importauce of a thorough venti lation of cellars.. Mr. Cooper said he had constructed a house with a chimney at each end of it and had constructed a llue leading from the cellar into each chimney, and be found it an oxccllent means of keeping the air of the cellar pure. Dr. Greene read the following paper : Night Markets. The Puritans brought te this country seme curious useless customs, and the march of civilization has steadily wiped many of them out, but in a few cities aud towns of a portion of the state the irra tional custom has continued of farmers getting up at midnight or a little later and starting with their produce for the centre of the town or city where, with the aid of candles and ether artificial lights, they sell their various commodities. This foolish custom obligates the purchasers of their goods, also te put themselves te the very greatest inconvenience, of also weak ening nature's laws, and also rising at such unseasonable hears. New all of these night markets are entirely useless and unnecessary, and there are serious ob jections te continuing them. The first is that the night is intended for, and man and animals must, te be healthy, get their al lotted time of sleep. Second is that it is exceedingly unpleasant for all concerned te get up. It has a tendency te ruiu the health of both man and animal. The peer horse is often, daring market hours, especially injwinter, "Tritcbed te a pest in the street, and for hears he stands there shivering. New, all of this can easily be done away with, and if the people who bay the previsions could cast their votes they would vote te abolish them. rarmers In FeUtlcr. Jehn H. Landis read a long essay, or "oration," as some of the members pres ent termed it, en the above subject. His object was te show that the farmer should take a greater interest in politics than he is went te take, and that he is really better fitted te creditably fill most of the important offices of the state and nation thau the huckstering politicians who gen erally secure them. He fortified his pesi tien by quoting from the great statesman, James G. Blaine, " the next president of the United States ! " A bread grin over spread the face of almost every man in the assemblage, when Statesman Lan dis in this formal manner nominated Statesman Blaine for the presidency in 1884. Statesman Landis concluded with a grand and stunning peroration ; where upon Statesman W. H. Brosius, defeated candidate for Assembly, Statesman C. L. Hunsccker, defeated caudidate for Assem bly, and Statesman Jehnsen Miller, defeat ed candidate for Assembly, sprang succes sively te their feet, and after declaring themselves te be farmers and nothing but farmers, avowed their belief that farmers were by all etlds the safest men te send te the Assembly and te Congress and ether places wherein they could serve the inter ests of the farmers and the dear people in general. Manure. Frem the ridiculous te' the practical is but a step ; and se the next question tackled by the statesmen farmers was, ' ' What is the best time te apply manure ?" Mr. Brosius beheved that manure made during the winter should be applied in the spring te the corn, tobacco and ether spring crops ; and that made during the spring aud summer should be applied te wheat and grass iu the fall. He believes manures lese much of their fertilizing property by lying in bulk during a whole year. B. Frank Landis favered the plowing down of manure as seen as it is applied te the ground ; it loses by lying en the sur face of the ground.' J.C. Linville, en the ether band, thought it best te spread en the surface and leave it exposed te het sunshine and drenching rains. Leng or imperfectly composted manure, however should be plowed down at once. James Weed thought it best te plow in the manure if intended for wheat, but te let lie en the surface for grass crops. Calvin Cooper said that one of the best farmers he ever knew let the manure lie en the surface for all his crops wheat as well as ethers. "He preserved his manure a year ahead of the time he wanted it for use, and thus it becomes thoroughly com posted. S. P. Eby, J. Frank Landis aud ethers gave their views en the subject. Business for Next Sleeting. The following questions were offered for discussion at the next meeting. " Can the grain crewcr dispense with nitrogenous fertilizers?" Referred te C.isppr Ililler. "Can dairy cows be kept in healthy condition by the soiling system, and is the butter of as geed quality ?" Referred te J. Frank Landis. u Ou;ht rank crewing wheat te be pjs tured .": Referred te James Weed. "What is the best time te plow laud for spring crops?" Referred te Jehn C. Lin vill. Fruits Exhibited. Calvin Cooper, Jehn II. Landis and Simen P. Eby, were appointed a commit tee te examine and report upon fruits ex hibited by Levi S. Reist. They reported that there were geed specimens of the old Redstrcak and Smith's cider apple, and an unusually line bunch of grafted persim mons oHarge size and fine flavor. Adjourned. 'The melancholy days have come, the sad dest of the year," because el the great increase et sutrcnnginditccd bv Colds,Cenghs.Asthma. etc.. all et which Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will promptly enrc. Newly all the illy that aflllct us cad be pre vented and cured by keeping the stomach, liver and -kidneys in working order. There is no medicine known that will de this a? surely as l'.ukera Ginger Tonic. See advertisement. Visible Improvement. Mr. Neah Bates, Elmira, N. Y.. writes: About four years age I had an attack of bil ious tcver, and never lully recovered. My di gestive organs were wcakeued, ami I would be completely prostrated for days. After using two bottles et your .Burdock Bleed Hitters the improvement was se visible that I was aston ished. I can new, though CI years of age, de a lair and reasonable clay's work." Price 91. Fer sale at II. it. Cochran's drug store, 137 North Queen street, Lancaster. Liquid Glue. Daniel Plank, et Brooklyn, Tiega Ce., Pa., describes It thus : "I rede thirty miles for a bottle et Themas' EclcctricOll- which effected the wonderful eurc of a crooked limb In six ap plications ; it proved worth mere than geld te inc." Fer sale at II. B. Cochran's drug store. 137 North Queen street, Lancaster. Bradford, Pa. Themas Filchan, Bradford, Pa., writes : " I enclose money ler Spring Blessem, as I said I would it it cured me. My dysiicpsla has van ished, witli nil its symptoms. Many thanks ; I shall never be without It in the house. Price CO cents. Fer sale at II. B. Cochran's drug store. 137 North Queen street, Lancaster. OAKX1AOES, JtC. 1)12 ST WORK AMI REASONABLE ) PRICES. PHILIP D0E11S0M, Manufacturer of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SPAR BUG GIES, PHAETONS, MARKET ' WAGONS &c, &c. ECLIPSE specialty Sele right for Southern Pennsylvania. A great variety of SLKIGUS en hand. REPAIRING promptly attended te. Satis Satis l.tctien guaranteed. WAREHOUSE AND FACTORY : Ne. 128 East King Street, LANCASTER, PA. IIAT.K SQUARE EAST OF TUB COURT HOUSE. ll5-lllld&W OI.tflCHS! SLfelUHat EDGERLEY fc Ce., Market Street, rear Market Houses LANCASTER, PA. Wc liuvea Large and Splendid nssertment of PORTLAND. ALBANY and DOUBLE , SLEIGHS. Tl.ey are made or the best selected woodworks the best ironed, best trimmed, and the finest painted and ornamented SLEIGHS ever offer ed for sale in the city. Remember wc pay cash for our material and allow no one te undersell us. Our Motte : " Quick Sales ard Small Profits." It costs netldng te call and examine our work. Wc alce have en hand a full line of FINK CARRIAGE WORK, in which we dcly competition. All work warranted. Repairing of all kind promptly attended te. n26-tfd&w TEAD TIIIS MX Lancaster, Pa., April 28, 1881. The Kidskvcuca Mr'e Company. Gents It gives me much pleasure te sa that after using one pack et KIDNEYCURA I have been entirely cured et a severe pain in my back and side, of long standing, and that, tee, alter trying various known remedies. 1 have every confidence in your medicine, cheerfully recommend it, and knew that many of my friends who have used it have been benefited. PETER BAKER, m261yd Foreman Examiner ana Express. DMT KUDGRaSS, MURRAY CO. ANNUAL SAL. ANNUAL CLOSING SALE INAUGURATED Monday, Nev. 28, '81. Following our usual custom, after going carefully ever the entire stock, we en the above date made a general REDUCTION IN PRICES with reference te cxtensive lines of Dress Cleths, Seal Skin Cleths. Seal and Silk Plushes, Black and Figured Beavers, Sicillienne Beavers, Light Colored Beavers, Children's Oleakin g, Ulster Cleths, Cleths for Circulars, Beaverteens, Corduroys, Billiard Cleths, Carriage and Upholstery Cleths, Lirery Cleths, and hundreds of Keuinants and Short Ends of Beavers, Cleak- ings, Cassimeres, &c. SffOMRASS, MURRAY & CO, GREAT RETAIL CLOTH HOUSE, MARKET & NINTH STREETS, Philadelphia. DBY OOODS. T7KEP WARM TBIS COLD WKATBER METZGER, BARD& HAUGHMAN Have a Large Stock of White Blankets, Colored Blankets, FROM $1.50 A PAIR UP. Comfertables in all grades AT SI, 91.35, 91.S0, S1.75, 92. S2.50. UNDERWEAR, GENTS' MERINO SHIRTS and DRAWERS, AT 25c.,37Jc, 45c 50c, fiOc., 75c, $1. LADIES MERINO SIUUTb AND DRAW ERS Ut SVi, 45, 5J, 65, 75c and $1. CHILDREN'S MERINO SHIRTS unil DRAW ERS, lrem l!c up. Gent's Medicated All Weel Red Shlitsand Drawers at $1.50 ; regular price $i Come and sce tlicm and we will tell you why wc can sell them se cheap. Wc have the LADIES' MEDICATED ALL WOOL RED SHIRTS mid DRAWERS. Same price; same quality. We are very busy selling lets et the above goods as well as LADIES' COATS and DOLMANS, BLACK SILKS. VLACK and COLORED CASHMERES, SHAWLS. 4c nwn lAlflMS NEW CHEAP STORE, Ne. 43 WEST KINO STREET, Retwcen the Cooper Heuse and Serrel Herse Hetel. IAdJer'3 Old Stand.) H KiKK lb IlKOTHEK. Hager t Brether, NO. 25 WEST KING STREET, Oflcrln- Large Assortment AND LOWEST TRICES, NEW DRESS GOODS, NEW DRESS GOODS, NEW DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, DOLMANS AND JACKETS, CLOAK8, DOLMANS AND JACKETS, CLOAKS, DOLMANS AND JACKETS, SHAWLS, SHAWLS, SHAWLS, SILKS, VELVETS AND PLUSUES, SLLKS, VELVETS AND PLUSHES, SILKS, VELVETS AND PLUSHES, LACES, HOSIERY AND GLOVES, LACES, HOSIERY AND GLOVES, LACES, HOSIERY AND GLOVSt ' LADIES' MERINO UNDERWEAR, LADIES MERINO UNDERWEAR, LADIES' MERINO UNDERWEAR. ?-We invite examination. :e: Hager & Brether. GOODS. making a clean sweep of all heavy winter fabrics, including our Fine Blaok'Cleths, Men's Suitings, Men's Flue Coatings, Men's Overoeatiugs, Men's Treuserings, Beys' Fine Suitings, Beys' Caasfaneres, Beys' Overceatings, Children's Kilt Cleths. DEr aoevs. K KXT UUk Tt TUB COUKT HOVSK. FAHNEST0CK. WHITE BLANKETS, $2.00 A PAIR. WHITE BLANKETS, 82.60 A PAIR. WHITE BLANKETS, $3.00 A PAIR. WHITE BLANKETS, AT ALL PRICES IN QUANTITIES. IN QUANTITIES, Colored Blankets, $1.50 a pair. FLANNELS, MUSLINS, GINGHAMS, SHIRTINGS, Dress Goods and Silks, Dress Goods and Satins, Dress Goods and Velvets. UNDERWEAK UNDERWEAR, FOR LADIEF,. OENT S, ROYS AND GlKLf , FOR LADIES, OENTS, HOYS AND UlltLS, ALL B1ZBS AUD ALL FBICCS, ALL 81ZIB AMD ALL rCICBM. Felt Cleth and Flannel .Skirts, 50c. up. Our Ceat Roem has stlli a large stock or Coats and Delmans, $2.50 te $50. HORSE BLANKETS, HORSE JACKETS, AT LOWEST PRICES. AT LOWEST PRICES. FAHNESTOCK ! Next Doer te Court Heum. Ol'BCIAI. NUTIOK TO THE I.tDIK-l. Givler, Bewers 4 Hurst's, 25 East King Street. LADIES! We eiler u few Hpeclel things ut ut a ureal sac rifice te close out the entire let, namely : Dell Trunks, leather Satchels, Parian Busts, Photograph Frames, ' China Ornaments and Figure AND A LARGE LOT OF JAPANESE GOODS, IN A UREAT VARIETY OF ARTICLES. These goods we nn; determined te close out and therefore offer them much below cett. IN SILK UMBRELLAS wc have just received our Hteck. especially ler ine neuuavH. no nei put en purcuasing iiichc goods tee long, as the assortment get broken, the holidays. De net put off purcliaslng tlicwc goods tee long, as the assortment KeU broken. and you may liavc some difficulty In getting just what you want. We offer these goods very low. We have aUe an elegant line of Alpaca and Gingham Umbrellas. in excellent quality, which wc guarantee te be fast colors. IN SILK HANDKERCHIEFS we show the finest assortment In the City. Please call umt leek, and be convinced. IN KID GLOVES we show a full assortment, In black ami coleis. LADIES' SILK MITTENS, something new and choice, l'lease call and leek at them. We have them in all shades. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S MERINO UNDERWEAR, in Scarlet and Wblle,at greatly reduced prices. Large llnesef Ladles' and Children's Hosiery, in Cashmere, Weel, Merine and Cotten. - Ladles, wc are offering great bargains In SHAWLS AND SKIRTS, as well as In many ether goods. Givler, Bewers & Hurst, 25 EAST KING STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
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