LANCASTER DAILT IflTEUJGENCEU MONDAY JUJA 3 1832,
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?Lmuastn futelligcncer
MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1883.
TfceJUyJF JJalea.
Although Chairtaan Cooper has
avowed" hSaiefthat Mr. Pattison
is a weak candidate, it is notable that
since his nomination Chairman Cooper
has been unusually aleit in getting his
candidates and himselt into council, and
the result is a call of their state commit
tee to meet next week and devise some
means to eet their hostile factions to
gether. The Press, which has been urg
ing such a union all along, seems quite
hopeful that it may be accomplished
And that it will result in a
new convention, a new ticket,
and Tfcnuliliran success. There is
nothing as yet developed to justify this
tmne, TTntil "Reaver and Cameron as
sent to Beaver's withdrawal there is an
insuperable difficulty in the way of com-
nmtiiiso Tho IndwiendentS will not
support him under any circumstances,
nor will they assent to any compromise
which may result in him being the sin
clc candidate for governor.
The Democrats, however, are not
waiting for Republican union nor depend
ing on Republican divisions for success
The Ilarrisburg convention made the
cause of the Democratic party the cause
of honest government. It measured its
platform and nominees fully up to this
standard. Neither the Philadelphia con
vention nor any other that can be as
sembled by the Republican party or any
part of it can or will meet this issue as
fully as the convention which met and
did its work last week. Therefore, the
Democratic battle is for victory from
this time forth.without regardto Repub
lican movements.
That "Correction."
The JVtic Era of Saturday says :
Chairman Hcnscl was determined the
people thould know his party was in favor
of protecting ibe industries of Pennsylva
nia, and the necessary information was
distributed a day or two after the platform
itself had been sent out. This plan has
itsadv.mtigcs. Send out your platform
and hear what tho people think of it.
Anything that teems demanded can bo
added at any time thereafter ; anything
supctlluous can be withdrawn.
The inference of our esteemed contem
porary that tho declaration of the Demo
cratic platform " in favor of the prolec
tion of the industrial interests of
Pennsylvania" was interpolated as well
as " sent out " after the platform was
adopted has no warrant 111 the facts of
the c isc. As any one will remember
who paid attention to the residing of the
platform in the hearing of the conven
tion, the words which we have italicized
were a part of the committee's report
they weie so read to and adopted by the
convention, they are in the original draft
of the platform and also in the copy of
it prepared by Mr. Ilensel for the use of
the associated press, as can be seen on
file at the Ilarrisjjurgh telegraph office,
and finally in the report of the proceed
ings of the convention published on the
same day by the Ilarrisburg news
papers the platform is printed cor
rectly. The omission was en
tirely the fault of the telegraph oper
ators in transmitting the platform to tho
associated press. Mr. Ilargrcaves, agent
of the associated press, investigated the
matter and found this to be the case be
fore he sunt out the correction, and had
he informed the Nac Era of the facts,
as he knew them, it would doubtless not
have fallen into the error contained in
tho paragraph we have quoted, and which
we feel confident it will correct as soon
as its attention is called to it.
What He Did Not Lose.
In undertaking to account for the de
feat of Mr. Hopkins at Ilarrisburg, one
correspondent says :
General Sowden, of Lehigh, wanted to
act as temporary chairman. He had a
delegation of four men at his back, and
could lead them where he would ; but the
Hopkins people insisted ou Malcolm Hay
as Hick- choice for chairman, and the
soured Sowden men went to Pattison's
support. Then in the committee of con
tests, because of the bugaboo made over
Coxe'.s ticngth, the Hopkins leaders
joined with the Pattison men to seat the
Pattison delegates and to exclude the
Coxc following there. This added five
more to Mr. Pattison.
No less creditable to the delegates and
the party than the harmony which pre
vailed at Ilarrisburg was the spirit of
fairness which induced all parties to the
contest there to agree that there should
be no trading, no combinations and no
determination of contests for seats ex
cept on the merits of the cases.
This not only rendered the nomina
tion of one or the other of the
leading candidates inevitable from the
beginning, but it assured hearty acqui
esceuce and good will from the defeated.
"We doubt whether any gentleman who
could influence four votes in the conven
tion so belittled himself as to lead them
from their choice because of his own
personal disappointment in not getting
one of the baubles of the convention,
but if Mr. Hopkins lest votes or even the
nomination because he would not in
dulge in such trades, he at least saved
his self-respect, and that is worth more
than a nomination achieved at the sacri
fice of it.
Chahi.es S. Wolfe, esq., has spoken
in private terms of Mortimer F. Elliott,
as a man of eminent ability, unchal
lenged integrity and great political
strength. Living in a minority district
and remote from this section of the state,
Mr. Elliott's name is not so familiar here
as that of some others on the ticket, but
there is no 'place on it which he is not
qualified to fill. In the prime of life, ho
is the leading lawyer of his own and sev
eral adjoining counties on the northern
tier, and when he appeared before the
convention those who had disinterestedly
procured his nomination, knewthat they
had made no mistake. The returns from
the old Wilraot district will confirm this
assurance.
.Tom Makbiiall ought to be good au
thority on the lawyers of Western Penn
sylvania. He rates Silas M. Clark as in
the front rank of his profession, and says
he will vote for him. Judge Sharswood
is said to have declared before Clark's
nomination that he was eminently fit for
be supreme bench, and all who were bis
coiieagues;in tne constitutional conven
tion speak in highest praise of him.
Tjie criticism that the Democratic
ticket is largely made up of lawyers if
that were any objection is not valid.
It is true that the Republican and Inde
pendent tickets are entirely made up of
representatives of the legal profession,
who follow it distinctly and exclusively.
But of the Democratic candidates only
two are lawyers to that extent. Mr.
Black early abandoned law for literature
and is a journalist and farmer; Mr.
Africa is a surveyor and, accountant
with special qualifications, acquired by
education and experience, for the office
to which ho has been named ; while Mr.
Pattison has had little experience at the
bar, and achieved his repuation by his
steadfast devotion to public economy
and his unfaltering warfare on public
thieves and rings.
It is not at all surprising that Mr.
Rawle is the least inclined of all the Re
publican candidates to conciliate the In
dependents and get off the ticket if needs
be to accomplish a compromise. Mr.
Rawle is distinctively the Cameron can
didate. Nobody else but Don thought
of him ; his nomination was a Christmas
gift from the family. In any new
deal he would be the first to go, and
there is no foreign mission waiting for
him as there is said to be for Beaver and
Stewart.
The Prohibitionists having carried Iowa
by 28,907 majority may make up their
minds to move on to the next state.
In accordance with the elevation of tho
dignity of his office Dr. Wickersham has
now been appointed " minister" to Den
mark, having sailed as charge d'affaires
to that country.
It is understood in New York now that
Mr. Tilden can have tho gubernatorial
nomination, but will not take it ; while
Messrs. Hewitt, Flower and ex-Mayor
Graco and Cooper are more willing than
able to get there.
Son: of the Half Breeds have detected
a startling coincidence in the facts that
Rev. W. W. Hicks, spiritual adviser of
Guitcau, and who prayed over him as a
"misguided brother," was one of the
Giant band at Chicago and is entitled to
a ' 300" medal.
Walt Whitman's " Leaves of Grass,"
driven from Boston, has found a Philadel
phia publisher who will issue tho volume
precisely as published by J. R. Osgood &
Co.. and at the same price. Meanwhile
the postoffico department is said to bo
considering the exclusion from the mails
of Whitman's works.
The Philadelphia Ecening Telegraph
notices that the Domocrats came very near
running a straight lino through the state
with their ticket, tho candidate? hailing,
in the order named, from Philadelphia,
York, Huntingdon and Indiana counties.
This was tho reason the earnest and suc
cessful effort was made at the closo of the
convention to throw the nomination of
congressman northward.
The corner-stone of the Garfield Memorial
church, in Washington, was laid yesterday
afternoon, upon the site of the old frame
" Christian Church " at which the late
president attended. Perhaps this will be
the fittest and the best monument that
can be raised to tho dead president. There
is no end to the possibilities of decoration
about a church, and constant woiship will
make it a breathing, speaking monument.
The Harrisburg Telegraph and other
Stalwart newspapers aro re-printing the
letter written to Congressman Hubbell by
Garfield during tho campaign when Gar
field was a candidate for president. Tho
letter expressed the hope that Brady now
under indictment as a Star Route plun
derer would give all tho assistance possi
ble and Garfield asked to be told how the
departments generally were doing. The
publication of this letter at this time may
help along the blackmailing assessment's,
but it is hard to see how it wi II benefit Gar
field's memory.
POSSIBILITIES.
Where aro the poets unto whom belong
Tho Olympian heights; whose ninglng
shafts were seat
Straight to the mark, and not iroin bows
nail bont.
But with Uic utmost tension of the thong .'
Where arc the stately argosies of song.
Whose rushing keels made music as they
wont
Sailing In search ot some now contlnsnt.
With all sail tut, and steady winds and
strong ?
Fcruapn there lives
taucht
some dreamy boy, un-
la schools, some graduate
of the field or
sireei.
Who shall become a master of the art,
An admlrul sailing the high seas ot thought.
Fearless and first, and steering wltli bis
fleet
For lands not yet laid down in any chart.
Longfellow, Jan. 17, 1SSS.
Agreeably to its promise, the Daily
Examiner on Saturday signalized tho tenth
anniversary of its birth by donning a
stylish new dress that visibly improves its
appearance. The typo is clean, handsome
and open-faced and gives the paper
an inviting look that docs not fail
to win upon the reader's favor. Our es
teemed contemporary indulges a natural
propensity in looking back over its past
career, with a degree of satisfaction that
is, however, amply justified by its success
in t ha field of local journalism. Wc wish the
Examiner many happy returns of the day,
and do not doubt that the very creditable
achievements of the first decade will bo
more than equalled by the next.
Immense Wealth Waiting in isngland.
D. F. Patterson, of Pittsburgh, and J.
Murray Clark, of Washington county.
Pa., leave for London in August, in behalf
of a number of claimants to the estate of
Thomas Hamilton, a surgeon of the British
army, who died in India in 1788. Hamil
ton in his will divided the estate into six
teenths. Some time after his demise tho
Indian executor transferred the estate,
amounting to 700,000, to an English ex
ecutor named in tho will. Four-sixteenths
were bequeathed to a niece of Hamilton
named Hemphill, from whom the Wash
ington county claimants descend. The
Stewarts of Jefferson township, in that
county, are the principal claimants. The
bonanza is estimated to foot up about four
teen millions now, and the attorneys for
the claimants feel confident of securing it
without much trouble.
STATE POLITICS.
A BATCU OF CURRENT COMMENTS
TO hat is Thought or the Situation In lennyl-
Tmnia.
Washington Herald.
The Democratic convention in Pennsyl
vania nominated a Black for lieutenant
governor, and "an American citizen of
African descent" for secretary of internal
affairs. Yet some people say the Democrats
are unduly prejudiced in the matter or
race.
A Jefferaonian Wot a Bourbon.
Philadelphia Record.
There aro no dreaded "Bourbons" on
the Democratic state ticket. The Bour
bons are long since dead, if they ever ex
isted in American politics. Chauncey F.
Black, the Democratic candidate for lieu
tenant governor, is we are glad to state,
a Jeffersonian.
No Independence In Bis.
Times.
General Beaver proclaims himself a Re
publican without an adjective meaning
that he is not an Independent Republican.
Everybody knew that. It will be neces
sary for General Beaver to mako a differ
ent kind of speeches il nc expects 10 size
up to tho intelligence of the voters of
Pennsylvania.
A Kicker from KlcJtvllle.
Press.
Marriott Brosius delivered a Decoration
day address at Albany, last spring, in
which he paid a just tribute to General
Garfield, but when it was over an active
Albany Stalwart described General Bro
sius as a" gd d d kicker from Kick
ville. Pa., who thought it was a Garfield
and Blaine ratification meeting."
Air. Hopkins' Manliness.
Philadelphia, Times.
Mr. Hopkins sustained himself in defeat
at Harrisburg with a mauliness that ena
bled him to retire from the field stronger
than he entered it. Tho times wero out
of joint for all but tho freshest men, and
ha philosophically appreciated the fact and
gracefully bowed to the inevitable. And
Malcolm Hay, who has more than onco
most eallautly battled for Hopkins, not
only conducted tho Hopkins fight with
matchless skill aud fidelity, but he wrote
his name high up on the roil of tho Demo
cratic leaders of tho iuture, anno oy ms
prompt and generous assent to the deci
bion of the convention in favor of Pattison
aud his declination of all personal honors
wliir.li came over tho discomfiture of his
chief. Defeats sometimes make men
greater than triumphs.
Tota Marshall on Silas M. Clark.
When Tom Marshall heard that the
Democrats had named Silas M. Clark for
supreme judge he said :
"Well, now you have been sensible.
You Democrats have nominated a great
maii on your ticket for supreme judge, and
by Heaven I will vote for him. I have
kuown him for years. He is a big headed
strong man. I do not know in Western
Pennsylvania a lawyer of more straight
forward moral, natural strength than
Clark. Ho is clean cut aud courageous in
asserting his principles If ho is elected
he will do himself honor and shed lustre
upon the supremo bench. He is a big
man all over and in every way. He will
have tho courage to pursue his convictions
iu spite of every opposition. I have otten
heard him before the supreme court. Tho
last time I heard him speak was iu a ease
where tho question was as to how far the
new constitution affected tho powers of
certain corporations. His opponent was
Harrv White. I listened to every word
Clark spoke, and whea ho was through I
went to him and told him it was ouo of
the finest arguments I over heard iu all my
life."
Stalwarts Paving the Way for "Harmony."
Tho candidates on tho regular Republi
can ticket havo agreed upon a form of
letter to be submitted to their antagonists
of the Independert ticket. The details
aro said to he that the entire matter is to
bo submitted to tho state committee, for
that body to make such arrangements as
it sees fit. All sorts of plans will bo pre
sented. Among others is a schemo for the
recall of the United States ministers to
Russia aud Mexico, and the sending of
Beaver and Stewart to thoso places by the
president. A number of prominent busi
ness men will be invited to participate in
tho meeting of tho state committee ou tho
12th inst., and the conference will bo very
important.
It has come to light that tho informal
conference between Messrs. Cooper,
Rawle. Greer and General Beaver, on Fri
day, was of decided importance, and that
there is a division of sentiment among the
candidates. General Beaver and Senator
Greer favored some sort of concession to
the Independents, and were eager that a
plan should bo devised to save the ticket,
but much to tho surprise of all, Mr. Rawlo
turned upon his colleagues and denounced
them as weak. Ho said : "Wo will crush
out these " refcriug to the Independents.
The candidate for supreme judge favored
the most vigorous application of methods
that would drown out tho Half Breeds and
plainly told Beaver and Greer that was
tho only way to win. The assumption of
this position by Mr. Rawlo created intense
surprise, but the other candidates were
not willing to go half as far as their asso
ciate. PERSONAL.
Genekals Grant and Hancock will
attend the reunion of the veteran soldiers
at Burlington, Vermont, today.
President Carter, of Williams col
lege, Massachusetts, delivered his first
bafcalaureato sermon yesterday after
noon. Rev. C. W. Wendle, lately of Cincin
nati, yesterday began his ministry at the
Channing memorial church, Newport,
Rhode Island.
Vice Admiral Rowan on Saturday
formally entered upon his duties as su
perintendent of the naval observatory at
Washington.
Sara Bernhardt gives her son an
allowance of $400 a month, since he is
" too proud " to live under the same roof
with M. Damalas.
Holman Hunt, tho artist, has witten a
letter to the London Times advocating the
deceased wife's sister's bill. He knows
how it is himself. Ho married her.
Col. Victor E. Piolet was 71 years of
age on the 24th. uit. The event was cele
brated in a dinner party given at Mr. Pio
let's residence, Wysox, Bradford county.
Ex-Auditor General Sciiell is re
ported as saying that the Republican
bosses have " set up " Pattison as the
easiest man to beat. This hurts Schell
much more than Pattison.
Mr. Geo. W. Childs will give his an
nual dinner to the Philadelphia newsboys
and bootblacks, to-morrow, at Belmont
mansion, in tho pirk, and covers will be
laid for seven hundred persons.
Congressman John A. Kasson will be
renominated without opposition, though
there is much dissatisfaction in the party
ranks at the course pursued by him in
Congress. No one can be induced to
stand against him.
Michael Davitt will have a great pop
ular reception in New York on Wednes
day. He was not permitted by his pbysi
cian to keep his engagement to speak in
Worcester, Massachusetts, being ill from
overwork.
John Johnson, for many years crier of
tne supreme court for the Eastern district
of Pennsylvania, died on Saturday even
ing in the 91st year of bis age. He was
appointed tipstaff thirty-one years ago and
has held the position ever since.
Gen. Benj. F. Butler has failed in his
effort to indict the proprietors of a whole
B1e grocery store in Chicago, for libel.
It appears that the firm extensively ad
vertises a baking powder by means of
posters, representing General Butler as a
baker in the act of preparing dough, with
a silver spoon peeping from his pocket.
Charles L. Shaotless, of the well-
known dry goods nrm or onarpiess a
Sons, Eighth and CheBtnut streets, Phila
dplnhia. died on Saturdav. in the 62d year
of his age, after an illness of about eigh
teen months of Bright's disease. The
present house was founded in 1814 by the
father of the deceased.
Mr. Joseph Sailer, of Philadelphia,
has celebrated the forty-second anniversary
of his connection with the Public Ledger.
His was the first money article that ever
appeared in a Philadelphia paper, and
during his connection with the Ledger he
has not missed a day in contributing to
tho column over which he presides.
tscape of a Murderer.
Marshall John Bryant, of Columbus,
Ky., with a small party of men surrounded
a house near licimont, mo., m wmuu
Kilgoie, the murderer of Gardner, had
taken refuge. While the marshall watch
ed a window aud the others went to the
door. Tviltrorn raised a nlank from the floor,
crawled out from under the house and shot
Brvant through tho body. Kilgore then
escaped. Bryant may recover.
INDErtDlACK DAT PREPARATIONS.
How the Glorious Fourth Will Bo Celebrated
Bere and at Utltz splendid Fire
works In Prospect.
The arrangements that have been com
pleted for the observance of the national
holiday at Lititz to-morrow Indicate that
the celebration will be a grand affair, and
there is not much doubt that a great crowd
will bo piescnt. Special excursion trains
will bo run lrom this city and other points
on the Reading railroad at reduced rates
of fare, and tho committee in charge
promise that tho celebration will fully
satisfy the expectations of thoso who go
out to witness a brilliant display. The cele
bration will tako place on the
beautiful springs grounds, whero in
the afternoon there will be ad
dresses by B. Frank Eshleraap and
Wm. F. Beyer, csqs., of this city, and
other formal exercises. In the evening
the grounds will be magnificently illumi
nated, aud a continuous discharge of fire
works will he kept up until a late hour.
The details are iu competent hands, and
it is a notable fact that notwithstanding
the big crowds that are wont to be present
at thebe annually rccuiring festivities there
is seldom if ever a disturbance that rises
to tho dignity of police notice.
In this city there will be probably the most
elaborate pyrotechnical display ever wit
nessed here. It will take place on the
lawn of J. B. Martin in Lancaster avenue,
and will be in charge of tho following com
mittee : Messrs. John L. Arnold, Julius
Levy, jr., Chas. G. Schuborth, John L.
Martin and Eincst Zahm. These gentle
men have for tho past few weeks been
canvassing actively among the citizens of
iho " West End " and elsewhere, and up
to this time have raised 8150, which they
have used in the purchase of fireworks,
which they have seemed at wholesale
rates from a Now York firm, aud which
the gentlemen of the committee Eay will
go uioie than twice as far as tho same
amount at retail prices. Tho display will
bo notable iu tho variety afforded and will
include rockets, romau candles, Chinese
flyers, plaiu and colored mines, and
the thousand aud ono other de
signs known to the pyrotechnist's art, lie
sides which theio will be six or eight fancy
exhibition pieces. A band of music will
bo piescnt and enliven the occasion with
patriotic selections, aud altogether tho eel
bration of tho republic birthday at homo
is expected to far surpass any similar ef
fort of former years, and the gentlemen of
tho committee aro deserving of much
praise for their active labors to make tho
display worthy of tho occasion.
It has been erroneously reported that
tickets entitling tho holders to seats from
which to wituess the exhibition would bo
sold. Tho fact of tho matter is that a
subscriber to tho movement is furnished
with an admission ticket for self and as
many ladies' tickets as ho may desire.
Fully a thousand scats have been eiected
that command an excellent view of tho
exhibition, aud subscribers can secure
their tickets from any of the gentlemen
of tho committee whose names are printed
above. Tho committoe will continue to
receive contributions to day and to-morrow.
Flit IS MATTERS.
A FaUo Alarm Two Attempts .at lnceu-
uiarlsm.
On Saturday afternoon about 4 o'clock
fire alarm box No. 2G, located at the cor
ner of Chestnut and Market streets, was
6truck, and the firemen hastened iu that
direction. The alarm proved to be a fals3
one. Smoke was seen issuing from under
the roof and between tho wcatherboarding
of tho one-story attachment of Bitzer's
cigar manufactory, corner of North Queen
street and the Pennsylvania railroad, aud
several persons thought, naturally enough,
that the building was on fire and some one
sounded the alarm. There was no fire,
however, the smoke coming from a defec
tive or clogged flue iu tho kitchen of John
Reeso, who lives next door to Bitzer's ;
and the smokp, being unable to cscapo
from tho top of the flue, was forced back
into Bitzer's part of the building.
Last night about 11 o'clock some one
applied a match to a largo stock of empty
dry -goods boxes, in Court Avenue, in rear
ofR. E. Fahucstock's dry-goods store.
No damage wa3 doco, the fire being dis
covered before it had made any consider
able headway.
Last night about 12 o'clock alarm box
No. 15 was struck, a bright flamo being
seen in East Grant street in rear of the
Lancaster county house, issuing apparent
ly from Thos. Jefferies' frame carpenter
shop. This was not the case, however,
as tho flames aroso from a large pile of
dry stable manure adjoining the carpenter
shop, to which some one had applied a
match. Tho fire was extinguished before
any damage was done, but the frame shop
made a very narrow escape.
Chief Howell requests us to again cau
tion persons who hold alarm box keys, to
be very prompt iu soundiug an alarm of
fire, when there is a fire, but to be very
certain there is a fire before striking the
alarm.
State Teachers' Association.
The twenty-eighth annual meeting of
the Pennsylvania state teachers' associa
tion will be held in Pottsville on Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday uext, July 5th,
Gth aud 7th.
The programmo of exercises prepared
for the occasion includes a number of ad
dresses and essays by distinguished men
and women on subjects of great import
ance to teachers. The state superintend
ent, Dr. E. E. Higbee, Hon. Cyrus L.
Pershing. Profs.
Heiges, Dr. J. H.
f). 1'. Andrews, b. B.
French and other emi
are anuounGed. Hiss
nent educators
Hattie I. Bruckhart, of Lititz, is the only
Lancaster county teacher booked for an
essay. A class of Indian pupils from the
training school at Carlisle will bo present
and give an exhibition in class exercises.
An excursion to tho seashore and another
to the coal fields have been arranged.
Special rates for railroad fare on all the
railroads centring in Pottsville have been
secured, and also reduced rates for board
at all the hotels and boarding houses.
Prof. J. P. McCaskey, of this city, is sec
retaryjof the association, and Profs. I. S.
Geist, of Marietta, and E. O. Lyte, of Mil
lersville, are members of tho executive
committee.
THE TOBACCO MARKET.
TRADK IS SEED LEAF AWT HAVANA.
For the
Week Ending Saturday, July 2,
10 A. 3.
U. S. Tobacco Journal.
At last ?31 tobacco is beginning to move.
Connecticut seconds were sold to jobbers
in considerable quantities at a little better
than last year's figures, the tobacco being
more sound and more leafy.
The settlement of.the tax question was
received in the market with much satisfac
tion and heavier investments than hereto
fore on the part of large manufacturers
aro expected to take place soon.
If holders of old Pennsylvania would
offer their stock at low prices sales could
be made instantaneously. The situation
can be gathered, so to speak, in a nutshell.
There is a great deal of old tobacco on
hand. In a few mouths the new will be
ready to be worked. The old tobacco is
no better, if not a great deal worse, than
the new ; and as long as homers ot oia
insist upon asking high figures, so long
will manufacturers and jobbers only buy it
in small lots to tide over till the new is
open for inspection and ready to work. It
has been a game of chess between manu
facturers and packers for the past four
months and holders aro evidently beaten.
They are at the mercy of the manufact
urers now. It is plaiu and true. If the
new tobacco showed any trace of deterior
ation, holders of old might have a chauco
to seli, if not with profit, without loss.
Tho new looks better, far better than the
old Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, State and
Connccticnt, The prices are comparatively
not too high, and therefore only would-be
investors with a child-like manner and
more money than brains will buy tho old
btock at present figures.
The sales of tho week wero as follows :
Pennsylvania Crop '80 : 400 cases, 12
10c.
Connecticut Crop 'SO : 120 cases ;
wrappers, 30c. Ciop '81 : 1,700 cases ;
average II3C
Wisconsin Crop '81 : 230 cases, 9c.
Ohio Crop '81 : 350 cases, 58j.
Havana Very active. Sales 1,200 bale.
Price unchanged.
The Local Tobacco Market.
Not moro than 100 or 120 cases of the
crop of 1880 has been sold iu our city dur
ing tho past week, and all of it on private
terms. There havo been very few pur
chases of loose leaf during tho same period,
and no deliveries that wo have heard of.
Buyers from New York aud other cities
have gone homo to celebrate the Fourth of
July.
Tho prospects of the crop of 1882 are far
from nattering. The lato period at which
spring opened kept back tho plants, and
tho weather during almost the whole sea
son has been unfavorable for tboir growth.
Thousands of acres havo been set
out, but so destructive havo been
tho cut woim and so unfavorable tho
weather for planting, that from nearly all
sections of the county wo hear of farmers
who have been obliged to plant two,
three and even four times in succession,
and who. even at this late day
are not yet done planting. A gentleman
who traveled through the eastern section
of the county within a few days past gives
it as his opinion that one fourth of the
ground prepared for tobacco is yet un
planted, and that tho fields in which the
planting has been finished present a very
unpromising appearance, most of tho
plants being scarcely visible. Some vciy
early planted patches look well, but thetc
are exceptions to the rulo. A gentle rain,
lasting for two or three day3. and
that very soon, is absolutely nec
essary for tho safety of tho
crops. Few farmers will risk setting out
plants after tho 4th of July, and we have
heard of quite a number, who, having be
come disheai toned by unfavorable weather
and the depredations ol tho cut-worms,
have planted their tobacco land in corn or
other crops more certain, if less profitable,
than tobacco.
Gan' Report.
Sales of seed leaf tobacco reported by
J. S.Gaus' Son & Co.. tobacco brokers,
No. 131 Water street, Now York, for thp.
week ending July 3, 1882 :
350 cat-cs 1S80 Pennsylvania 6 to 20c. ;
850 cases 1331 New England, seconds, 11 to
12 ; 150 cases 18S0 NewEugland wrappers,
14 to 35c ; G00 cases 1880 Ohio 5 to 9c. ;
50 cases 1880 Wisconsin Havana seed, p.
t. Total, 2,000 cases.
The Stato Normal School.
The public exercises of tho alumni as
sociation of tho stato normal school,
Millersville, Pa., will bo held on Wedcc.5
day afternoon, July 10th. Tho pro
gramme will comprise a salutatory address
" The Day and tho Hour," by Miss Mari
auna Gibbons; essay "The Faults of
Culture," by Miss Sarah H. Gilbert; ora
tiou " Our Duty aud our Privilege," by
Mr. W. A. Campbell. The graduating
oxereises will bo held on Thursday, July
20th.
The following appointments have been
made for commencement day : Valedicto
rian, F. E. Sanford, Ohio ; salutatorian,
Miss Augusta Davis, Wilkcsbarro ; reciter,
Miss Mattio Cooper, Chester county ; ora
tors, F. M. Pennell, Juniata ; E. M. Pen
nell, Bedford ; J. M Robeits, Schuylkill ;
M. G. Coaklin, Cumberland ; Ella J. Beis
tle, Harrisburg ; Sue Ciarkson, Northamp
ton ; Amanda Horner, Bedford ; Fannie
E. Fitch, Bradford ; Hallio Sener, Lan
caster.
LlHtot Unclaimed Letters.
Tho following is a list of unclaimed let
ters remaining in the postoffico for the
week ending .Inly 3, 1882 :
Ladies' List Mrs. Anna C. Brown,
Miss Mary Haag, Miss Ellen Hill, Mary
Ivans, Miss Lizzie H. Kreider, Miss Chris
tie Kreider, Miss Emily Troth, Miss Alice
Williams, Rachel A. lelett.
Qent's List. Messrs. Frauk Dirk, Sam'l
Garman, Jos. German, Elmer E. Hatton,
A. Henze (for.), Stephen H. Kreider (2),
Mr. Kuhn, Mazzoliui Linga, John Mc
Lane, Aleci McLaughlin, John Math.
Mowrer (.for.), Lewis Mott, P. T. Multon,
Right Rev. Parsons, Isaac W. Piller, Cas
per Renner (for.), Wm. Reese, Lewis Scy
fert (for.), Aug. Schwank (for.). Aug.
Tenfennet (3, for.), Rev. William Winger
tcr, Geo. Walker.
Klegant Leisure aud Calm iCepose.
Altoona Tribune
Miss Lizzie Eauffman, of Lancaster,
Pa., is now staying at 1213 Eleventh
avenue, iu elegant leisure and calm re
pose, picliminary to stepping up higher
in life's domain, the objective point of
which is Hymen's altar. William Hiler,
of the brass foundry, is tho happy indi
vidual who has wou Miss Lizzie's affec
tions, aud is only awaiting the time for
matters to be arranged when he will lead
his fair prizo to the altar. Jack, don't for
get the printers. We'll take strawberries
and cream.
tsoue to Philadelphia.
Mr. H. C. Mellinger, the basso singer,
who has gained quite a reputation as a
musician in our city, wont to Philadelphia
ou Saturday afternoon and will hereafter
be found at No. 333 Somerset street,
West Philadeipt;,-. Ho has secured a po
sition in one of tho best church choirs in
the city, and will still further improve his
voice by taking instructions from the best
musical teachers.
uealh at a Home.
Ono of John C. Spaeth's fine grey horses
died last night, of lung fever after an ill
ness of two weeks. It was valued at $250
and insured for $170 in the Hanover mutu
al insurance company, of which Mr. Wolf
ersberger is the local agent;
POULTRY.
COXSlDKKIMti UAPKS IN CHICKENS.
Monthly Meeting or the Lancaster Poultry
Association E&sar on Uapes.
The Lancaster county Poultry associa
tion met in the agricultural room of city
hall this morning.
Tho following named membeis were
piesent :
Charles Lippold, Jacob B. Lichty, F. R.
Diffenderffer, C. A. Gast, John E. Sebum,
Charles E. Long, J. M. Johnston.
Frank R. Diffenderffer read tha follow
ing essay on
GAPES IN CniUKS.
"I may as well say at the beginning of
these remarks that I am not posted in tho
literature of gapes. I do not know what
has been written ou tho subject. I am
only aware that they have been on my own
place during tho past four years, aud what
I shall say is confined entirely to my own
experience with them. Most persons who
raise poultry know what tho gapes are,
and aie acquainted with tho cause. A
thread-like worm, of a bright red color,
and fully an inch long when full growu, is
the cause of all tho mischief. It is a
member of the Entozoa family, a name
given to parasites that live within other
living bodies. Thero are many kinds of
these, but the peculiar ono under cousid
eration is called by naturalists Syngamua
tracheolis. Its a pretty bad name to begin
with and the doiugs of the little worm are
still worse.
This parasite has its homo in tho wind
pipe of young chicks and turkeys. Even
when quite small, whilo still only a quar
ter of an iuch long, it begins to iucouve
nieneo tho young peeps, aud as they in
crease in sizo, which they do very rapidly,
they gradually close tho windpipe, making
lespiration difficult, aud unless removed
in most cases bring about the death of tho
young chick. Tho earliest symptom of
their presence is a frequent opening of tho
mouth, a gaping lor air as it wero, and the
gravity of the case grows rauidiy until it
terminates in death.
How docs this parasite find its way into
the chick's windpipe ? A good many theo
ries have been advanced from timo to time,
but nobody knows. Tho general opinion
is that they aro taken up from tho grouud
with tho 'food, whilo iu au undeveloped
state, and finally find full development iu
their natural home. It may be so, but as
somewhat similar parasites aro found in
tho brains of certain birds, and in tho oyes
of horses, that theory, reasoning from
analogy, falls to tho ground. A curicut
belief with which cveu our woithy secre
tary seems tainted, is that they aro devel
oped from that other troublesorao para
site, tho louso or its eggs. Now,
the louso belongs to a family as
widely separated from tho gapo worm
as a monkey is from a whale, and
tho Darwinian theory, when stretched to
its utmost, fails to bring them together.
The nit of a louso will produce a knuc.and
it won't produco any thiug ele. Besides,
tljo gape "worm is amply provided with
mcaus of perpetuating its species. It is,
like many other members of tho genus
lumbricus or worms, sexually perfect in
itself. It is iu fact a forked or double
creatine, tho one part being tho femalo
and the other tho nialo. The body is
lengthened beyond tho point of attach
ment, and the prolonged portion, wo aio
informed by microscopists, contains nu
merous ova or eggs, each of which is a
microscopic gapo worm. This fact seems
fatal to all these theories, and is in fact
decisive as to the origin. But how these
embryo ovules reach their development,
aud where, is a mystery no ono has yet
been ablo to fathom, and there wc will
leave them.
flow do Tli j Uet Thero?
How tho gapes first get to a place do
not know. Where mine came fiom four
yeais ago I can't imagine. Nouo of my
neighbors had them to my knowledge, and
none have them now ; but I think I can
confidently say I havo not raised a chicken
iu all that time that was not attacked by
gapes. I have tried every plan to keep
them away that I have overseen suggested
and all wcio equally worthless. Between
the ages of two and six weeks tho gapo
worm is invariably developed. I never
tried the camphor ctno until thi.J spring.
I had a promising brood of young tmkeys
and I put them in a patch of lawn about
40 feet wide aud 100 feet long. Twice a
day I put camphor in their drinking water
and otherwise took extra cue of them.
On tho day they were two weeks old one
developed gapo symptoms, aud I promptly
removed nine worms fiom ils windpipe
tho largest number I ever took from ono
bird. The rest got them, and I have rele
gated the camphor preventative to the
other innumerable "humbugs." Tho
latest remedy comes from a Chester caunty
farmer who loeds whole corn to his chicks
when the gapes come oa. If this was a
remedy it would act by compiession, thus
killing tho worm. But who ever had tur
keys or chicks two woaks old capable of
swallowing whole corn ? Mine novcr
could, aud I believe you will agree with
me when I say that they would not at that
age even if they could.
Another tiling I confess ruj&cll' unable to
understand. Why aro chickens and tur
keys aillicted with this parasite and not
ducks ? I believe thero is no cac on iccord
of this kind. I have now running together
14 young ducks and 17 peeps nearly of the
samo age three weeks; most of the chicks
have had tho gapes aud the rest will havo
them, while the ducks running and feeding
with them escape the di.-easo altogether.
If the origin of tho disease lav in filth, or
was taken up from the ground with the
food, why would not ducks also be subject
to it ? Ducks also get lousy, I believe, so
that is another heavy blow at the louse
theory, which, however, was not neces
sary to kill it.
Most poultry-raisers have their remedy
for extirpating the gapo worm. Most of
these are mcchauical, and, of course, ef
fective. Thero is ono which is often rec
ommended, but I havo never known of a
solitarv cure effected by it. I allude to
shutting tho bird in a closed box and sub
jecting it to the fumes of powdered lime.
This, it is alleged, will set tho chick to
sneezing or coughing, if I may so call it,
and in this way the worms aro dislodged.
I havo no faith whatever in any remedy
except a removal by actual force through
mechanical mcaus. Catgut, twisted wire
aud feathers all havo .their advocates.
The latter, I believe, docs as much harm
as good. The fluffy part is cut down on
both sides nearly to the quill. This leaves
a rough edge, which irritates aud injures
the delicate coating of tho wind-pipe. I
have tried most of there, but have given
them all up. I now use several stands of
horse hair doubled, samples of which I
have present. This is smooth, flexible aud
does not readily suffocate the chicks. My
method of operating is this : Au assis
tant holds the chick in its natural bitting
position ; with my left hand I open the bill
and heizc the tongue, which is gently drawn
f orwaid; this brings the orifico of the wind
pipe well forward, and into this the horse
hairs are then thrust. I have several sizes
to suit chicks of various ages ; tho hairs
are pushed down until the end of the wind
pipe is reached, when the end in the hand
is rapidly twirled around in both direc
tions; in this way the entire inner surfaco
of the windpipo is brought into contact
With the horse hair ; the worms arc dis
lodged from !h?ir place of attachment,
become entangled among tho hairs, and
are then slowly withdrawn. Generally all
are not brought out at the first attempt ;
I mako two and even tbreo when I think it
necessary It is of the utmost importance
that this operation should bo per
formed at the lirsl symptoms of
the disease. If let run ou the
chick soon ceases to eat, becomes
enfeebled and may die during the opera
tion, as many did for me before I caught
the trick of operating early. It is a most
severe remedy and the strongest chick
feels it severely, but if done in the early
stages it recovera rapidly, will begin to
cat in a few hours aud never show any bad
results. If performed in time, a chick
ought rarely to be lost by gapes. It takes
time and is a little troublesome, but not
moro so thau the nurseries, raised plat
forms aud other devices recommended to
ward off tho diseaso, and what h still
better, is eflectual.
But it is not a remedy we need soi much
as a preventative. It is little to the credit
of the thousauds of poultry fanciers that
they have not been ablo to discover means
to prevent or eradicate this fatal disease.
Perhaps this can ouly bo dono when all
the various metamorphoses of the gape
worm ova are known. Strictly speaking
this is tho work of the scientists, and
poultry raisers are seldom such. Once
every stage of progression in tho existence
of these parasites is known, we shall havo
uo difficulty in keeping them from our
ponltiy yards. "
Tho thanks of the society wero tendered
to Mr. Diffenderffer for tho essay.
Mr. Chas. E. Long suggested that before
the horse hair is inserted into the wind
pipe of tho chick the hair be immersed in
a weak solution of carbolic acid. Tho
worms not drawn out would by this
means probably be killed.
Tho secretary reported that the execu
tive committee were at work ou tho cata
logue for the next annual exhibition aud
would havo it ready for distribution by
November.
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'l'ho I'rtuce of Whale.
Tho monster whalo arrived here yester
day from Harrisburg, aud it is now on ex
hibition at the Pennsylvania railroad depot
immediately opposite tho Schiller house.
The whale is transported on -a large flat
car, and is exhibited under a canvass.
Thero is an entrance and an exit to tho
tent, and tho spectators pass around
tho immense fish, thus getting an excollent
view of it.
Tho whalo was caught off tho cost of
Newfoundland iu November, 1880. It is
exhibited lying on its back and leftside
and is about GO feet in length. Its esti
mated weight is 80,000 pounds. It is dead,
but remarkably well preserved by means
of chemicals &c. Tho immcuso jaws aro
between 1 and 20 fact iu length.
It has no teeth, liko sperm whales;
in the mouth thero is an im
mense quantity of whale bones exactly
like that seen every day in stores. Ou
cither side of tho whalo aro immcuso fiu.s,
aud although the tail is tho piupclliug
power tho tins aro very useful to him.
The eyes of the whalo, just back of tho
mouth, aro about tho .size of thoso of an
ox. They aro said to be of great uso to
him and he can see a long distance. Tho
cars ate very bmall ami look liko holes.
They ate poino distance back from tho
head and am higher thau tho eyes. The
skiu is very thick, aud in order to pro
servo it this ono has been painted exactly
like its natural color.
Besides the whale there i on exhibition
iu tho tent tho suit used by tho celebrated
Captain Paul Boyton in which ho has
traveled 15,000 miles by wator. With
tlicso thero is aho tho little provision boat
" Baby Mine."
The whalo is owned by Fred Englehardt
tho famous pedestrian manager, but is now
in charge of E. P. Simpson, formorly of
the Chicago Field and other well-known
newspapers men who with their assistants
ato always willing to show any courtesy to
tho public. Tho whalo will remain hero
during Tuesday and Wednesday and is
well worth seeing.
STKASI5DKO SEWS.
YV'lmi. i tioln;; on in the Borough.
Mr. Ross B. Rowe.a graduate of Prince
ton, has returned to his homo in this
boiotiiili, whero he will remain until fall,
at which timo ho will start for Philadel
phia to attend lectures with tho object of
becoming an M. D.
Mr. Fiauk Bachinau, s-on of Mr. Jacob
Bachman, of this borough, who has been
residing in St. Louis for somo timo as as
sistant in one of the bun works, is now at
home for a month.
Mr. Lewis Haldy, of Laucaslc-r, erected
in Strasburg cemetery l:ut week a magnif
icent monument constructed as ordered by
Dr. Miller, of Lampeter, in memory of
his departed wife. Tho height of this
piece of polished marble is 17 feet, weigh
ing twent tons and leported to havo cost
$1,400.
John F. Hull has taken homo from
Reese's carriage shop, a beautifully paint
ed hi cad wagon. It was painted and Iet
teiod by Win. II. Warren in tho latest
style.
On Main street, near tho square may bo
seen at the door of A. M. Herr's saddlery
shop a glass caso which contains a set of
fine single harnesn.
Chas. J. Guiteau will bo burned in effigy
in Centre Square, Strasburg, on the even
ing of July 4th.
Rev. E. S. Hoany, pastor of the Pres
byterian church, preached to an interest
ing audience ou Sunday morning, from
Romans, 10 and 13, "For whosoever Khali
call upon the name of tho Lord, shall bo
saved, ' in a theological way.
TUMI'KKAKUi:.
liitccslii'j;
Services at St.
Cliurcli.
l'aul's M. l:.
Yesterday being pet apart for temper
auce services iu the Methodist churches,
appropriate services wero held at St.
Paul's. Tho church was handsomely
trimmed with ferns and flowers and a half
dozen canary birds in cages were suspend
ed in different parts of the room. The .
morning services commenced with the
regular school session.at 9 o'clock and con
sisted of tho regular lesson on " Home In
fluences," singing of temperance songs by
the school and an address by A. S. Urban.
A sermon by the pastor, Rev. A. J. Col
lom, from Ezekial, 33d chapter, Gth verse,
following the Sunday school services. In
the evening the church was crowded to
listen to the special services consisting of
an appropriate programme of music, reci
tations &c. The large audience was de
lighted with th'e exercises the little ones
doing especially well, every word being
heard in tho remotest pare of the room.
Tho readings by Miss Urban and Miss
Barlow and the solo by Miss Deicblcr were
especially good.
Camping Oat.
Thco. Diller, W. R. Brinton, Johu
Dickey, S. W. Diller, S. R. Slaymaker,
Arthur Boardman, S. B. Diller and W.
Welchons, of this city, aro camping out on
the Susquehanna river, near York Fur
nace station, aline tent, good camp equip
ages and plenty of provisions, to which
they add daily lucious specimens of black
bass. The last "dispatch" from camp
reports "all well and having a good timo."
Tho bojs expect to celebrate the 4th of
July with a good dinucr.eloqucnt speeches,
patriotic songs, fireworks aud a national
salute. They have invited somo of their
friends of this city to join them in celebrat
ing tho day aud a good timo may be ex
pected. Accident,
Last evening at 5 o'clock, as John K.
Smoker was looking at workmen who wereV,
erecting tho tent near the Pennsylvania 1
freight depot, in which to exhibit tho
monster f?hale. one of the workmen in
driving a heavy iron pin, made a mistroko
with the sledge. The pin flew out, aud
struck Mr. Smoker a terrible blow in the
face, cutting his upper lip entirely through,
breaking off the top of one his eye-teeth
and loosening several teeth in his lower
jaw,
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