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.quatte temperature and reasonable THE CAMPAIGN AT HOME
n are atmosphere witnin doors. Fresh,
FRIDAY KVKNIKO, OCT. 6, 1882.
What We Fear.
We fear that the Philadelphia Times
intentionally misstates when it says that
Chairman Hensel " disclaims responsi
bility for tho utterance of the Lancaster
Intelligencer in its support of the
policy of the Cameron boss contingent
in this city, that demands Democratic
antagonism to reform to defeat and
disgrace the Democratic party." That
disclaimer was made, as the editor of
the Times is quite intelligent enough to
have understood from its context, not by
Mr. Hensel, but by us. "What the opin
ion or the chairman of the state com
mittee is as to the position taken by the
Intelligencer we do not know ; but
we do know that our view is acceptable
to the Democratic party, over whose
organization he presides, and we pre
sume it is to him. The audacity of the
editor of the Times in pronouncing the
Intelligencer's course to be "in sup
port of the Democratic boss contingent"
is eminently characteristic, both in
substance and style ; and is as weak as
it is false. The point in question being
whether the Democratic candidate for
sheriff of Philadelphia should retire in
favor of an Independent Itepubl'can
nominee, was settled when the Demo
cratic convention nominated a Demo
crat ; and is stilt further determined by
the accoptance of that nomination which
the Democratic candidate has just given.
It is passing strange that an intelli
gent editor, and one who claims to be
a leader of opinion, should be
content to be so silly and untruthful
as to declare the approval of this course
of the Democratic convention and its
candidate to be " rapidly dwindling
down to the corrupt Democratic contin
gent that keeps a slippery footing on the
edge of Damocracy to distract and dis
arm it for the benefit of the Cameron
machine ;" another characteristic sen
tence that displays its lack of truthful
foundation In every adjective. There
may be and probably is a feeling among
some Democrats that the nomination of
a Democratic candidate for sheriff was
inexpedient ; but it was not the senti
ment of the Democratic authority that
made the nomination, and we do not be
lieve it is that of tiiS party generally,
any more than it is ours ; and any one
who undertakes to say that those who
believe that the action of the Democratic
party is approved only by a corrupt
Democratic contingent manifestly says
what is false and what, if he is a man of
the intelligence of the editor of the
Times, every one knows that he knows
to be false.
pure air is the nest inena ot tne numan
family; it is the life of man, yet we
treat it in a most ignorant, reckless and
ruinous manner. It would be very
interesting, perhaps startling, but cer
tainly instructive, if we could have a re
liable statistical review of the propor
tion of mortality directly attributable to
ill ventilation. It is doubtless true, as
has been alleged, that in our crowded
towns and great cities impure air kills
more people than all contagious diseases
combined. "Wanted, everywhere im-
Tirnvpd wntilation. It is ono of the
greatest needs of the times.
OfENlNU THE DEMOCRATIC BATTEM
The meeting last night exhibited the
Democracy of Lancaster in sympathy
with the jubilant feeling everywhere pre
vailing the ranks of the party in this year
whose indications leave them no room to
doubt their coming success. Meetings
are valuable to a party which has a spirit
of confidence inspiring it. It enables the
contagion to spread and attack tho timid
and doubtful who are looking for a place
to rest their uncertain heads. These
voters do not hesitate now.
A Little Girl
NEWS MISCELLANY.
Uorglary
convicted
Vnlcago.
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now We Treat a Friend.
Will we ever have ventilation ? Su
perficially tho question seems a trifle ab
surd, but is it so in reality ? What pro
nation of our dwellings, offices, work
shops, churches, hulls, reading-rooms
and public conveyances are properly and
safely ventilated V Certainly the num
ber i3 comparatively very few. Six
months in tho year we think we have
little need to consider this matter, and
this is possibly tho reason we suffer the
other six. Between April and October,
if we feel uncomfortable in a room or
car, we throw open the window or door ;
if wo feel the need of fresh air we treat
ourselves to an abundance of it. But
from October until April we suffer un
mistakable misery and undergo many
perils, and.it seems, must continue to
do so.
And do we run no lisk to health and
suffer no injury during the first half of
the year as we have divided it V Thous
ands of unstup3cttn persons, not all of
them weak and frail either, open the
window to a dread destroyer. The good
housewife noes bustling about her ill-
ventilated dwelling .and becomes over
heated, not from exertion, but in conse
quence of the close and oppressive at
mosphere ; she throws up the window
and drinks in the cooling draught, only
a few minutes, but long enough to im
plaut the seeds of a fatal illness. The
happy children, chasing each other home
from school, rush into the house in a
dripping perspiration, fling aside their
outer garments and throw themselves on
the floor to "cool off." A door
is open on either side of the
room. Next thing an ominous
cough is heard, then comes a raging
fever, followed soon by a silent and sor
rowing procession. Tiie brawny work
men swelters at his bench with a gale
striking him in the middle of the back.
The hard-pushed clerk wrestles with his
correspondence and accounts the objec
tive point of a breeze so strong as to
render necessary an extra number of
paper-weights. You go to church. You
catch the gospel from the pulpit, a stiff
neck and sore throat from the gallery,
and the pneumonia or rheumatism from
the aisle doors.
You decide to take a summer jaunl.
Your constant experience is an encoun
ter with a whirlwind of violent and dan
gerous draughts. The rheumatic old
party in front of you keeps his window
down tightly ; the blooming lass diag
nally opposite keeps hers open, likewise
the omnipresent small boy behind you
and there you are. It is of no use to
move, except to move out at the first
station, for you will only go from bad to
worse. At tho hotel the gentle zephyrs
cool your soup and chill you at tho same
time. Your room is ventilated only by
a window facing north or east ; and so
it is all the way. You come home
sore, sour, stiff and hoarse, fe-?l
ing as if you had been let out as
snort stop to a baseball club. If the
evil effects of your " pleasure " trip
are only temporary you are fortunate.
And now comes the fall and winter
ordeal, the time that, in this connection,
severely tries not only man's souls, but
their bodies also. Upon visiting a friend
how often you find his house either too
hot or too cold for you. And the same
evil is found in nine-tenths of our
dwellings, offices, churches, workshops,
places of amusement and public convey
ances ; it permeates every field of labor
mental or manual, every sphere of life!
We suffer either from asphyxia or pneu
monia, fever or rheumatism. We
scarcely know what it is to enjoy an
Mary Morris, a petite fourteen-year-old
girl, with a remarkably sweet face, which
seemed to beam with childlike innocence,
was sentenced by Judge Moran to two
years in the house of correction iu Cliica
go, sho having pleaded guilty to fourteen
indictments for burglary and larceny.
Tbo judge remarked that this one
ot tho most astoundiug cases of
which he had ever heard. The k:ld
is tho most lemarkablo burglar of modem
times. For tho past two years sho has
plied her vocation, committing innumer
able daring burglaries by night and well
nigh filling tho house of her parents with
dress goods, jewelry,diamouds and articles
aggregating 10,000. A large part of the
plunder bad been disposed of, tho roveuuo
supplying tho outiro family's wants. Tlio
story of her crimes and escapades would
(ill :l nonderous volume, ller mother.
Helen Morris, was sentenced to three aud
a half years in tho penitentiary as an ac
cessory. Kecortifif Crimes and Casualties.
ltcccntly John Leigh and James Rigby,.
fanners, residing near Palmar, ill., Lecauie
jnvulved is a lawsuit regarding tho pos
session of laud, aud Rigby wou tho suit.
Yesterday Rigby was assassinated by a
son of Leigh, who then fled, but a posse is
in nur.uit and lynching is threatened.
D. M. Hitter, of Ebansburg, Cambria
county, a baggage master on tho Pennsyl
vania railroad, was killed by cars on Wednesday.
Charles Hummel, of Mifflin was killod
at West Brooksido colliery, near Lebanon,
on Thursday, by a fall of coal. His body
was terribly mutilated.
John Davis aud daughter wore fatally
injured at Raleigh, N. C, by a horse run
ning away and throwing them from a
wagon.
James Powers, au employee of tho New
Haven and Northampton railroad com
pany, was instantly killed at Springfield,
Mass., yesterday, wuiio stepping irom one
track to another iu frout of a passing
switch engine.
Wni. C. Coxe. 15 vears of ace. was
killed yesterday at Hearting, by tailing
fiom a chestnut tree, a distance of GO
feet.
Sliurc Notes or Keceni Events.
There were 19,000 peoplo in attendance
at tho York county fair on Thursday.
Gabriel Cohen, ono of tho oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Norristowu, died on
Thursday, aged 70 yews.
John L. Barstow was yestetday inaugu
rated as governor of Vermont. His in
augural address states that the debt of the
.state is 5209.583.
Hon. Robert H. Baker, si prominent
politician and business man, and director
of tho Umoa Pacific railroad, died at
Racine, Wis., yesterday.
At Collingwood, Oat., tho novoriiiuenc
inquiry into tho lors of the steamer Asia
has been closed. It is understood that
Captain Scott's report will contain sweep
ing condemnation of the boats used in tho
passenger traffic on the upper lakes.
The snapping ol a cuam oauseu iuo iaii
of tho iron curtain among the footlights
on tho stage of the Royal opera house, ia
Berlin. Tho accident caused an. intense
panic among tho audience, and many per
sons were severely crushed, but no one
was killed. Tho house was soon cleared.
frank James, tlio OnHitw. stirroiictots.
Frank James has surrendered to Gov
ernor Crittenden at Jefferson City. Offi
cials express some surprise at James' ac
tion, as no overtures had been made on
their part toward a surrender. They think
Frank has becomo discouraged, having in
various ways lost all of his old confedera
te:?, and concluded it was useless to at
tempt longer to live in outlawry,preforring
to trust to the leniency of tho law in volun
tarily giving himself up.
When James surrendered to Gov. Crit
teuden ho handed his pistols and stated
that tho governor was tho only man ex.
cept himself who had touched thom for
twenty years. Frank was at tho McCar
thy house in tho evening, and many prom
inent citizens were there seeking to shake
hands with him.
HINTS rOK WORKISOMEN.
IVliat Ilrnuim and Welsh Should Read to
the Greenback-Labor Voters.
From the Philadelphia Woiklnsmiui,
And for whom will you vote ? At this
question your Republican taskmasters
spring up 'and cry out : " Vote for us ;
vote for the grand old paity aud we will
see that you get your rights.1'
Workmen, listen to no such twaddlo. Is
it not under Republican rule that tho
greatest strikes on record to secure merely
living wages have just miserably failed
to the mocking laughter and derision of
every Republican paper iu the Union? Is
is not under Republican rulo that no
woikmau dares iu Pennsylvania to exer
cise the light of free speech guaranteed
him by tho constitutiou, without being
fined, imprisoned and utterly beggared V
Is it not under Republican rule that tho
Gould and Yanderbilt class grow and
spread like a poisonous malaria, blighting
and withering all over tho laud the dignity
and rewards of labor '.' Is it not under
Republican rule that tho coal miners of
Pennsylvania aic compelled by tho
railroad and coal monopolies to
work half timo on half wages
that workmen and their families shall
pay donblo prices for fuel ? Is it not un
der Republican rule that unscrupulous
speculators are allowed, with tho help of
the national banks, to put up the prices of
all tho necessaries of life, until every
workman is driven to despair for means to
buy bread and meat with his scanty wages ?
And is it not under Republican rulo that
prostitution and all other vices equally
fearful flourish as thoy have never before
flourished, because thousands find it ut
terly imnossiblo to live without starving
on tho roiserablo wages offered for their
labor, of which threo cents to women for
making a shirt is a significant example.
Is it to such a party with such a fearful
record that workmen should turn for
safety and shelter ? As cowardly slaves
they might, but as men, never again.
A Bousing Meeting In Fulton Opera House
Candidate Black and Elliott aad
ex-Congressman Stenger Speak.
Before seven o'clock Thursday evening
a crowd began to assemble in tho neigh
borhood of the Hiester house, where it
was known the Democratic candidates for
lieutenant governor, congressman - at
largc, Messrs. Black and Elliott, and ex
Representative Stenger were to have their
headquarters. Messrs. Elliott and Sten
ger, who bad been expected from Readipg
iu the afternoon train, telegraphed that
they had missed the train, but arrived
froinHarrisburg in day express, which
got here shortly after C p. m. From 7 till
half-past the Hiester house parlors were
thronged wtth enthusiastic Democrats,
aud the distinguished visitors held quite a
levee as the crowd poured in anxious lor
an introduction and a shako of the hand.
The city band arrived on the scene, and
after playing several lively airs, a line of
procession was formed, and headed by the
speakers moved down North Queen and
West King street to-the opera house which
rapidly filled up. The appearance on the
stage of the candidates was the signal for
a prolonged burst of applause.
Win. H. Roland, esq., chairman of the
county committee, called the body to
order and nominated Dr. Henry
Carpenter for president of tho meeting,
who was elected with loud approval. Dr.
Carpenter thanked tho audience for the
compliment and then tho following list of
vice" presidents and secretaries ""was
adopted :
Vice Presidents. Gen. Geo. M. Stein
man, B. J. McGrann, R. H. Brubaker,
Richard A. Malonc, D. A. Altick, Dr. H.
Yeagloy, James B. Frey, Samuel II.
Reynolds, U. E. Slaymaker, nenry Wolf,
U. A. Oblender, Henry Wilhclm, Jacob L.
Fry, D. Bartholomew. A. C. Kepler,
Julius Loeb, Abram Hirsh, Peter Mc
Conomv. Fred Waller, F. M. Grady, Jos.
Detwiler, E. J. Myers, M. Hildebraut,
Abram. Martin, Philip Bernard J. J. Fitz
patriclc, Wm. T. Jcfferies, Dr. John Lover
good, O. B. Shertzer, Chas. M. Howell,
Chas. F. Rengier, Dr. Jacob Long. Bcnj.
Ruber, Patrick Donnelly, Henry E. Lea
man, A. J. Harbergcr, Jacob Poutz, Geo.
Darmstctter, Fred. Dinklcburg, Lewis II.
Fisher, C. F. Young, Dr. Albright, Dr. S.
II. Metzger.
Secretaries. Jno. A. Coylo, J. V. Wise,
C. 13. Downey, James A. Mcblhone, JMim
G. Snyder, John Pontz.
As soon as quiet had been restored the
president introduced Chauncoy F. Black,
of York, J0emooratio""caudid"atis for lieu
tenant governor, wuo was rcccivcu wmi
deafening applause.
Air. Black's Speech.
Mr. Black began by saying that ho was
a good deal out of voice, but not in the
least out of heart or hope. Ho could
scarcely express tho pleasure it gavo him
to address a Lancaster audience, so near
neighbors to his own county which
always roll up a Democratic ma
jority, aud added that tlio uemoc-
racy ol Lancaster were eimueu io
all honor for their steady adhercuco to
their principles without hope of reward or
profit to thcmsolves. wc wane to no a ireo
people and have a just government. For
more than twenty years tho Republican
party has been in power. Whatever wc
have suffered can be charged to
them. However much wo havo
been burdened with unjust taxes, it is duo
to them. For yearr. your stato treasury
has been robbed. In 1875-0 a committee
of tho Legislature, alter duo inquiry, re
ported that the Republican party had
stolen $1,200,000 of tho public money iu
interest alono. It is very difficult to tell
bow much the corrupt ring has
cost the peoplo in Pennsylvania ; aud
of tho money stolen from tho peoplo much
has gono to tho Republican committee to
strengthen their cause. If you lookback
upon the history of Pennsylvania you will
.see tuat wc have not had a just govern
ment for year.". Now, if we havo not an
honest government what is the reasou?
It is because we aio not a free people ; wo
permit ourselves to be ruled. Whero gov
ernment is represented by party, the sub
jugation of tho dominant power is the
subjugation ot tue wnoio peopic , ami w
arc not free because of tho Republican
party. That p.tvty ba. tho hand of a boss
upon it. Yet how does it happen
that one man a Cameron can be
put upon a paity which onco en
joyed tlio support ot a Lincoln, a Sum
nor and a Stevens? It is becauso every
officeholder iu the state is compelled to
submit himseli absolutely to uamsroa s
will iu order to swell the corruption fund
that is used to strengthen the vote of the
Republican party in Pennsylvania. Mr.
Black pointed out that when Thomas Jeff
erson came into office in 1S01 he found this
tamo system used. It was one of the
favored schemes of Hamilton's ' strong
government." Mr. Jefferson swept it out
of existcne?, aud that was just reform.
When Republicans say that the Dem
ocrats permit these corrupt measures
it is not true ; their principles
will not allow it, ar.d these prin
ciples, with tho Domocrats in power,
will save the nation millions of money.
While there may not be much difference
in the personality of candidates, the Dem
ocratic principles mako tho Democrat in
public life a better man than a Republi
can, aud a Democrat who goes into public
lifo perjures himself if ho docs not sup
port his party's principles aud votes away
tho public money.
Tlia Republicans pretended a remarkable
love for the workiugman at this present
time of the year. This disgusting gov
ernment of Whigs, Know-Nothings, Re
publicans, Stalwarts, Independents sprang
from tho loins of Alexander Hamilton.
Yet Hamilton denounced the workingman
as unfit for government. Ho said this
goverument must bo niado strong. Strong
against what? Why. strong against the
people. Now, what I say of tho working
man is that ho wants just government. He
tolls you that your money is your own
capital ; ho wants only equal justice, and
demands that legislative enactment against
him shall bo cxpuugod aud government
started upon a new aud free basis.
Now if you coutinuo to support tho great
corporations of the country you will some
day find upon tho statute books of the
United States a law, making a strike trea
son against tho United States, aud tho
workingniam will be put to labor at the
point of tho bayonet.
Mr. Black closed his speech by saying :
Wherever I go through tho stato I find
tho best possible condition of afiairs pre
vailing. I tell yon, if every Democrat
puts his shouldor to tho wheel the victory
is ours. You Democrats of Lancaster
county, do all you cau to put yonr voto
aside tho voto of Philadelphia, aud shoulder
to shouldor with Democratic York, wo
will work out our common redemption on
tho coming great day.
At tho close of bis speech au exquisite
floral horseshoe was presented to
Mr. Black amidst storms of applause.
Stenger on the Bosses.
Tho baud played a short selection after
whisk Hon. W. S. Stenger, of Franklin
county, was introduced, and who was re
ceived with ringing applause. Ho spoke
as follows :
It is almost a quarter of a century since
I stood ou this platform, a student of
Franklin and Marshall college, and in the
name of my class bade farewell to tho citi
zens of Lancaster. It is then with pecu
liar pleasure I corns back to you to-night,
aud as I stand here before jou many
happy thoughts come surging up to mo.
and with them many sad ones also. Since
I addressed you, gigantic rebellion has
struck at tho lifo of our government. And
where danger was greatest, there Pennsyl
vania's soldiers were found shoulder to
shoulder in defense of the flag and the in
tegrity of onr government. Tweity-five
years, Aye ! These grand people rushed
to arms, and by tho stern abitrament of
war, settled the Union of the states once
and forever. In defense of that mighty
principle one president went down in cold
blood, and sicce that day another has
fallen, a victim of that mightier evil tbo
spoils system.
I am reminded by my surroundings or
Shreincr's graveyard wherein lies tho ashes
of the Old Commoner, the same who said
in defense of Wolfo, a Democratic gover
nor, in reference to the question of the
common school system. " If it shall come
to this, if this should be the turning point
of our suffrages, if my strongest personal
frinnd is arraved a-raiust this system and
my bitterert enemy is in its favor, I shall
place myself in the ranks of him whose
banners stream with liaht." So I come
to you to-night and say that if my best
friend was in favor of tho spoils system
and my worst enemy against it I would
place myself in the ranks of him whose
banner streamed with the light of reform.
I need not tell you who carries that banner
in this campaign. A young man 32 years
of age (to be a young man is a crime now
adays) spruug from a parentage of which
any one might be proud. Young in years,
but old in wisdom, ho was trusted to sueh
an extent by Philadelphia that he was
elected tho second timo controller of that
Republican city by a majority of 17,000 of
tho popular vote. I come to present the
claims of men like that as agaiust those of
our .Republican friends. I admire tho
grand record of our state since the foun
dation of tho Union, and am willing to
spell nation with tho biggest kind of N ;
but I claim to be a Pennsylvanian in this
contest. I will not bow down to one mau
as my mastor aud boss, but oouio to speak
to you as one whoweara no man's collar
about his neck. Why should not Pem
sylvaniaus rulo Pennsylvania ? Because
Don Camerou has said you oughtn' t to.Tho
elder Cameron began this one mau ruio
which has grown to such vast proportions
by tho purchase of threo venal Domocrats
WUOSO VOWJ put mm mi iuu uuitcu umim
Senate. And only yesterday I noticed
ho had tho effrontery to name a
postoffice in this state after Lebo,
one of the mou he had bought. After
tho elder Camerou had got tho power
into his hands ho dictated the nomination
of Don as his successor iu tho Senate, a
man who had no qualification for that
high office except that ho was tho sou of
his father.
"IMVi nni man in l'ennsvlvauia is '"T
enough to boss l;z Democratic party ;
b-casMs it is tho party of tho people, aud
its members think and act for themselves.
When our candidate for lieutcuantgovernor
slall take his seataftcr the election no mau
shall dare to bribo him for a recommenda
tion of pardon. His illustrious father
"long continued applause iu speaking of
tho foul crime against the nation that soatcd
Hayes, said that " justice moves with a
leaden heel, but strikes with an iron
hand." And so it will bo with the corrupt
Republican party. And when Pattison
shall bo inducted into the executivo chair
of tho stato, we shall sco in flaming letters
ovor tho doors of tho gubernatorial man-
sion, JSo luicvcs rtceu Appiy.
Let not tho Independents take all tho
credit of reform to themselves. Since
Titdcn made his grand fight against the
rings iu New York, tho Democratic watch
word has been reform. f Applause.
Of lato tho cry has been hoard " Unload
Cameron and elect Beaver." Tho speaker
then indulged in some witkciiug sarcasm
at tho absurdity of this proposition, refer
ring to Beaver's betrayal of his constitu
ents at Chicago, and tho '20,000 check
that Cameron has drawn l aid Beaver's
election.
Stal waits hay tins is a mcro personal
fight agaiust Cameron, but it is moro than
that, it is a struggle for the people who
havo been ground to tho dust by tho
Caincrons. Mahout;, Cab, Dursey and
Brady were lef erred to as fitting instances
of tho reform spirit of tho Republican
party. Tho speaker then paid a glowing
tribufa to Dsinocratio achievements, ami
closed by saying that now is the timo to
mtsh on'u victory and genuino adminis
tration icforni.
Mr. Stenger retired amid a burst or Joug
continued applause.
Mr. i:iIlolf Iloiieful View.
As soon as tho baud had played a tuno,
President Carpenter introduced tho candi
date for congressman -at-largo Mortimer
F. Elliott, of Tioga, who was loudly
cheered as he stepped to tho front of tho
stage. Ho prefaced his speech with tho
icniark that ho had always felt there was
a bond of sympathy between tho Demo
crats of Lancaster county and thosa of his
own county of Tioga they were iu a
hopeless minority both places. Ho could
assure his hearers that everything looks
bright in tho northern tier, aud everything
looks brisht in every soction of tho state
he has yet visited. " We are sure to win
this time." Mr.Elliott said, "and there's no
question about it. The only question is
as to tho size of the majority. My reasons
for this assertion are, first, becauso wo
are right, aud secondly, becauso wo will
havo the most votes. Laughter aud ap
nl.mte.l Tho fmht is already won, and
all that is necessary for tho Democrats to
do is to poll their solid voto. Hitherto tho
Democratic party has been confronted by
the solid ranks of tho opposition ; now
that opposition is divided withiu itsolf aud
demoralization prevails among them.
There are two distinct Republican tickets
iu tho field against tho ticket of the De
mocracy. One of these tickets repre
sents tho Stalwart machine and tho other
voices tho protest of tho conscienco and
intelligence of tho party against further
yielding allegiance to a debasing domin
ancy, who havo for so long used power un
scrupulously for tho purposes of its own
perpetuation. Mr. Elliott proceeded to
ridiculo the speeches which ho had listened
to for threo hours iu his owu county the
other night wherein a couplo of porspiring
namlirl.it.es had sought to iuflamo tho miuds
by revamping tho old worn-out issues of
twenty years back, instead of meoting tho
live questions that today thrust theni
solvcs forward for tho arbitrament of tho
peoplo. Tho speaker saiu tuat wuen
tho civ of danger was heard iu
the land, from tho hills of Penn
sylvania Domocrats aud Republicans
alike responded, and ho exposed tho
insincerity of the present Stalwart hue and
cry against Confederate Brigadiers by
poiuting out tho eagerness with which
thoy themselves have "embraced Long
stree, Mosby, Mahono aud Chalmors. and
entered into tho vilest conspiracies with
tiicso men for tho purpose of subverting
tho will of tho peoplo. The speaker chal
lenged tho production of a single instanco
in which the Republican party had re
doomed a pledge it had inado to tho
peoplo, and was especially sovere in his al
lusions to tho crime of '76, where the
record of wrong was crowned by the
theft of tho presidency and the putting
into tho chair of Jefferson, Jackson and
r.;nnni nf t.hn smallest specimen of a
man that has ever rattled arouud iu tho
executivo seat. As showing how quickly
this littlo man has been forgotten tho
speaker mentioned that at the funeral of
President Garfield nobody spoke to htm
oxcopt a watchmam, who told him to get
off tho grass. Laughter. But tho great
fraud will never bo forgotten or condoned
by tho people of America. Mr. Elliott
then went on to dissect tho record of the
Republican party, with its Grants and its
Robcsons, its Dorseys and its Bradys and
its Arthurs and hurled bitter 'invective
against tho thievery and crime that have
pervaded tho places of power ruder their
administration.
Mr, Elliott showed tho ru..
growth in state expenditure whioh from
$1,500,000 annually under Curtin have now
reached $3,000,000, and at the present
rate promise to get up to 810,000,000.
These figures call for reform, and the
people, who for fifteen years have been
trying to get it from one party have now
turned to the other and propose to let
it try its hand. Boss methods were round
ly denounced, and Mr. Elliort raised a
laugh by quoting from a speech which one
of the opposing candidates Brosius had
made iu his own county of Tioga,
tho other day, when he said that
after the election the party would
shake off "Cameron as tho lion does
thedewdrop from its mane." A pretty
sort of a dewdrop is Don Cameron ! The
speaker said that a few days ago Cameron
had drawn his check for $20,000 and sent
it to the Stalwart committee. That
doesn't look as though he thought there
was much danger of being shaken off.
The fact of tho matter is Don Cameron's
grip is tightening in the throat of the Re
publican party, and if Beaver's election
should come to pass, his mastery over the
destinies of the people would be more
complete than ever. The speaker closed
with a glowing eulogy of Pattison, young
but tried, and predicted his overwhelming
triumph iu November. This sentiment
was cheered to the echo, auil immediately
cries for " Honsel " " Steiuraetz " and
"Davis"' were hoard, but as it was now
past ten, ncith'cr of these gentlemen re
sponded, aud tho meeting adjourned in
three cheers lor Pattison and tho Demo
cratic ticket.
NEWS JTKO.U THE NORTH.
Local Emits in and Arouud lUauhelin
Sentinel.
S. G. Sumtny. auctioneer, sold for the
estato of Samuel Ober, deceased, a tract
of 1G acres with improvements, near Mt.
Hope Furnnce, for $3,200. to Charles
Boyoy, jr. Also a two-story brick house
and lot of irrouiid. ou Graut strcer, in
Manhcim,
$2,030.
Mrs. M.
to William Gantz, jr., lor
:o per aero, 10
E. Bumbcrgcr sold to Henry B.
Musslcmau, of Sporting Hill, a lot of
ground, on South Chai lotto street, Man.
heim, for $850.
Win. Evans, auctioneer, on Thursday of
last week sold for the estate of Joseph
Baker, dee'd , a fai m of :J0 acres and 13
perches of land, with iiiipiovemcnts, in
w..n,:.i. nn r... conn o
Beniamin Wickerd.
Peter Appld sold his ouo-and-a-half-story
house aud lot of ground, on west
side of South Charlotte strsot, Manhoim,
to John Yearr, fr$i,'6.
Miss Hariiet Beutz bought from John
Yeagcr his two-story houso aud Jot of
grouiid, on tho houth side of Market
square for $1,400.
Wm. Gaute sold to Eiu.mutl Harmes a
lot of ground on southeast corner of North
Charlotte and uramby streets.
Edward McCauley sold to S. P. Smith,
Joseph Hummer aud Henry Grayhill each
a building lot' ou South Prussian street,
for $150 per lot.
Henry P. Shillor bought from William
Gantz, a lot on Gramby street for $100.
E. B. Boyd sold to Heury Shelly his
hotel staud and 31 acres of land at Uniou
Square, Rapho towhship, for $5,550.
At a regular meeting of tho Manhoim
Council No 33, Jr. O. U. A. M., ou Wed
ucsday evening, D. D. S. C. installed the
following officers for tho ensuing term :
Councillor M. W. Young.
Vice Councillor Win. Fetter.
Assistant Recording Secretary George
Bear.
Conductor Fred. Etismingor.
Warden Josoph Shank.
Ir.side Sentinel Harry Frcy.
Outside Seutiuel Grant AYittucr.
On Sunday morning next tho Ruv. S.
B. Schafcr will bo installed pastor of tho
Roroi med churches of tho Manhcim charge.
Kev. J. A. Peters, of tho first reformed
chinch of Lancaster, will pivach tho ser
mon ; Prof. J. S. Stahr will deliver the
charge to tho pastor elect, and Dr. J. II.
Dubbs will deliver tho charge to tho peo
plo. Prof. J. S. Stahr will preach in the
evening.
J. M. Hahu, of Manhoim borough, sold
400,000 cigars during the mouth of Sep
tember. Ho has also received orders for
150,000 thus far for the present mouth.
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OBITUAKV.
Uealli -it Capt. Isaac Hull.
Capt. Isaac Hull, of New Holland, died
Middonlv vesterdav morning being found
dead iu tho graveyard attached to tho Re
formed church in that village. It appears
that tho children of Rev. D. W. Gerhard
were walking through tho graveyard be
tween 10 and 11 o'clock and saw a man
lying thcie. They gavo an alarm and soon
a crowd gathered and found Capt. Hull
lying dcail Deputy Coroner Mcutzer was
notified and held an inquest, his jury re
turning a v.'rdict that death had resulted
from neuralgia of tho heart.
Capt. Hull was about Gl years of age,
and passed the greater part of his life iu
New Hollaud. Ho was a Democrat of tho
strictest sect and for full forty years was
almost annually a delegate to tho Demo
cratic county conventions, and on several
occasions was tho candi late of his party
for offico, and a year or two ago uo served
as deputy coroner. Ho w.i.; widely known
in all parts of tho country, and was a man
of very considerable forc3 of character.
He leaves seven children and many warm
friends to mourn his sudden taking off.
His funoral will take place on Sunday.
Ufflccra Installed.
At a meeting of Lancaster lodge, No.
G7, 1. O. O.'F., held last eveniug District
Deputy Grand Master Major M. J. Weaver
installed the following named officers to
serve for tho ensuing term :
N. G. Jacob D. Raub.
V. G. George N. Graham.
Assistant Secretary H. L. Frailoy.
Warden J. G. Thackara.
Conductor W. D. Stauffcr.
Rep. to G. L. W. C. Buchmillor.
Tho lodge numbers 354 morabcrs. Dur
imr tho nast six: months $1,785 has been
paid for relief. The assets of tho loduo
are $17,300.39.
Two Men ot ono Name.
Yesterday morning Mayor MacGouiglo
committed to tho jail for fivo days a
drunken man who gavo his namo as John
II. Mooney, and told tho officors who ar
rested him that he was from Mount Joy.
Mr. John II. Mooney, who is a respectable
youn" man of that borough, writes to in.
form us that ho is not tho man arrested,
and that ho has not been in Lancaster for
a month. It often happens that two men
bear tho same namo, aud it is a common
occurrcnco for scalawags to assume tho
names of decent mon. Probably this is a
case of that kind.
EDUCATIONAL
HISKTIKG OT CITY SUUUOK. BOARD.
Dictionaries aad Text Books viry Super
intendent's lteport Keslgaatloa and
Election of Teacher.
A stated meeting of the school board
was held last evening. The following
named teachers were present :
Messrs. Breneman, Byrne, Cochran,
Eberman, Erisman, Evans, Haas,
Hartman, Herr, Dr., Jackson, John
ston, Levergood, Marshall, Mc
Conomy, Morton, Oblender, Reimensny
dcr, Rhoadi?, Ringwalt, Richards, Sam
son, Schwebel. Slaymaker, Smeych, Sny
der, A. J., Snyder E. G., Spurrier, Warfel,
Westhaeffer, Wilson, Zecher C, Zechcr
G. W., Baker, president. '
Mr. Wilson presented tho following re
ports from the committee on text books :
.Laxcabtkb. l'a., Oct. 5, l&Ji
To the School Board oZancatter City .-
Your committee last summer recom
mended a curriculum of study for tho
male and female high schools, which was
afterwards adopted by the board. Among
tho studies included was that of English
literature. No text-book was recom
mended and none was adopted. Tho dif
ficulty was that most text-books on the
subject simply contain biographical do-
tails -and criticisms ou tho works
of tho classical writers. They are
books about literature and not lit
erature itself. The city superintendent
has called our attention to a list of Eug
lish classics that seem to meet our wants
exactly. Tho books contain about fifty
pages each, are elegantly printed on good
paper, and aio sold at ten ceuts each.
They consist of Bacon's Essays, Milton's
Comus, Cowper's Task, Shakspeare's
Plays, Pilgrim's Progress, Paradise Lost,
etc., etc. A teacher aud his class can de
cide which work to tako up, then pur
chase the books, and when they have
fiuished it tako up another and so on ad
infinitum. Wo think there is no better
way of studying Euglisu literature, aud
would recommend that authority bo given
to use these books in the English litera
ture classes.
W. A. Wilson,
J. 31. Johnston.
To the School Hoard of Lancaster City :
Your committee, to whom was referred
the question, whether it bo advisable to
furnish certain schools with Webster's
unabridged dictionary, respectfully report
as follows :
Upon inquiry wo, fiad mit has bnm the
uuiiuim 'prautTtco ot tuo board to furnish
all tho secondary schools with copies of
Webster s unabridged.
Owing to the adoption of the single
room system, under which each secondary
teacher has exclusive control over his
room, and is solely rcspausiblo for its
management and condition, it has beou
found necessary to increaso the number of
dictionaries to supply the wants ot pupils.
Accordingly, last winter four now dic
tionaries were provided for tho Lemon
street schools, two for tho James street
schools and three for tho Mulberry street
schools.
The only secondary teachers who are
not now supplied aro Miss Baker and Miss
Nccper, of tho Rockland schools ;
Miss Mussclnian, of tho Mauor street
schools, and Mr. Couzzens, principal of a
combined primary and secondary school.
MissBundell's dictionary is an old edition,
has been in use very mauy years, has been
rebound twice, aud is not fit to rcbiud
again, many leaves being torn aud missing-
For many reasons your committee are
uu.iuimous ui recoinmcnuing mo uua
biidged edition. The illustrations aro a
valuable feature, especially to children. A
picture is often worth a page of definition
and description. The etymology of words
is given and they cau bo traced back to
their sources. The definitions aio much
more full and complete. Tho orthography
ami pronunciation, not ouly of the author
is given, but that of other distinguished
orthocpists and Echolars. And finally by
quotations from our best classical authors
tho actual forco and meaning of words is
happily elucidated.
For those reasons your committeo cor
dially concur in tho recommendation
made at the last meeting ny tne committeo
on furniture and apparatus.
W. A. Wilson.
J. M. Johnston.
Mr. Evaus, from tho finance committee,
reported the following bills which wcro
oidered to bo paid :
Chas. H. Barr, books, vVc, S.Ul
Hebrew Ball.
Last night tho Hebrew social union gavo
a ball iu Grant hall on Duke street. It
was largely attended by tho Hebrews of
this city, besides ladies and gentlemen
from New York, Philadelphia and other
places. During the evening thero was a
fine banquet, which was served by Cop
land & Weise of the Sprcchor house.
There were speeches, toasts, &c. Tho
dancing was kept up until after 4 o'clock
this morning, to the music of Taylor's or
chestra. It was a brilliant affair aud was
enjoyed by all who participated.
The Show Last Night.
Last ovening a stereoptican exhibition
was given in Centre Square by agents of
Barnum's show. The audience was a tre-
min1nni niiA rnmruvipd jrreatlv of miS-
Viinvnns and noisv bovs. AU kinds of
pict'i-" nnd advertisements of tho show
1 wc. rd :: gave great satisncwou.
Myeis & McCIain, labor, $17.20 ; William
Schacflcr, broom, 25 cents ; Joseph Kcp
pel, brush, 30 cents ; Dorwart, Benedict
& Co., labor, $2 ; Philip Dcitz, 75 ceuts ;
Levi Powl, labor, $31.50 ; Geo. W. Flaeg,
$15 ; Walter A. Heiuitsh, furniture,
$22.75 ; Samson Resb, hauling ashes,
$13.75 ; Slough & Sou. furniture, $11 ;
Mrs Charles Coustcin, labor. &c, $2 ;
Georgo Caldcr, jr., ashes. $1.50 ; Baum
mirdiier & Co.. lumber, &c, $20.77 ; G.
Sutcr & Bro., hauling, $71.45; Harbor
gcr & McCulloy, labor and materials, $18.
01 ; Georgo M. Stcinman & Co., mer
chandise, $71.82 ; James Stewart, repair
ing steps, $20 ; Inquirer printing and pub
lishing company, printing. $10.
Mr. vans presumed tno oiuciai uonu ot
J. B. Marklcy, collector of school tax,
with John D. Skiles and Lewis Hartman,
as sureties in the sum of $9,000. The
bond was approved.
Mr. Evans also reported that the bouds
of tho boards advertised for salo had all
been sold, $500 at 4 per cent, premium and
$.500 at 1 1-10 per cent, premium.
Mr. Hartman, from tho committeo on
buildings and grounds, reported verbally
that tho committeo had not jot purchas
ed a site in the northern part of tho city,
on which to erect a new school houso, but
had been examining sites and would proba
bly purchase ono iu a day or two.
Mr Erisman, from the committeo on
school furniture and supplies, made the
following report :
To the President and Members of the Lancas
ter City School Hoard .
Tho undersigned, your committeo on
supplies and school furniture, present the
following report : Tho cyclopedia, ordered
to bo purchased at tho last meeting of the
board, has been procured at a greatly re
duced rate than tho publisher's pneo, viz.,
for tho sixteen volumes and index, pub
lisher's prico is $102 ; we procured them
for $81. Each volumo has been properly
stamped and placed in tho teacher's li
brary. Wo also report that we havo not yet
accepted the furniture placed in tho rooms
of the Manor street school building by tho
Buffalo furniture company, as it docs not
come according to tho contract. A num
ber of our schools rcnuire more black
board surface, and in a number of the
schools the surface is in such a condition
that it is unfit for use. Misses Georgie
and Sarah Bundcl need moveablo black
boards in their rooms and have asked for
the same. Miss Zug has no map of the
United States, aud has asked that A. II.
Johnston's map of the United States be
furnished for her room.
Wo also report that tho piauo covor in
the girl's high school is worn out, and in
asmuch as tbo board never purcnaseu any
covers for tho piauo, thoy having beeu fur
niphed by the principal, Bliss Sarah Bun
del, tho committeo has ordered one.
Wo would again call ycur attention to
tho fact that in a number of onr achools
thero aro no closets or bookcases in which
tho books and othor property of tho board
may ho placed to bo protected from dust
or loss.
Wo rcpoit tho needs without further
recommendation.
Respectfully submitted,
E. J. Ekisman, Chairman.
Tho city superintendent's report was
read, as follows :
LANCASTER, fA., VCI. O, lOO-s.
enttubsaiU tk" following report of the
pnblio sehools, for the mouth of Septem
ber :
The number of pupils enrolled was, in
the high schools, 338, in the secondary.
1,168, in the primary, 3,044. Total, 3,450.
The average attendance was, in the
hi"h schools. 220. in the secondary, 1,045,
iulhe primary, 1,748. Total, 3.023. The
average per cuutago was 91. By compar
ing these figures with those of September,
1881, it will bo soeti that there is an in
crease of 352 in the enrollment, aad of 153
in the average attendance. When it is
remembered that we have not added to tbo
number or our toaohers, at cm readily ba
understood that some schools must be
overcrowded, aud tint additional schools
are necessary. Tho primary schools in
the James aud Ljiuju street buildiugs
have been relieved by giving the lower
only half day sessions, as the board di
rected at the special meeting ; but, of
course, the work douo in school of this
kiod is not equal to that in schools of the
ordinary number of pupiK One of the
evils that teacher ; lioro have to contend
with is the pracsiiM o a low directors of
disregarding the established lines aud giv
ing notes of admission to pupils not euti
tled to attend their school. Such aoonrso
malcAsitnoL-osstrv thtt the teacher con
nive at the violation of tho rule, or refuse
to honor the director's note of admission,
which often leads to unpleasant misun
derstanding. .
The work of iatructiou is carried on
with oarnostuess, and ordar and discipline
in the schools are good. Tho new supple
mentary readers aro in uso, and the cy
clopedia is in the teachers' library.
The two new primary schools ia Manor
street are not supplied with reading charts,
and I would therefore suggest that two of
Appleton's new reading charts bo pur
chased for them, aud that thoy bo thus
placed on a level with tho othor primary
schools.
The timo for op miug tlw night school
is at hand aud their most successful and
economical admiui-ttratiou is tuofore a
proper subject for discuswiou at this timo.
The limited attention tint I have given
to theso schools hat couviuced me that
tho results attainod aro by no mcan3
commensurate with the money ex
pended, which is from fivo to tun times
as much per pupil as iu tho day schools.
Regularity of attoudinco is essential Jto
tho highest success iu any course of in
struction, and the most casual observer
will see that this has notrb.:en attained to
any reasonable dogrco. Ouu half of tho
pupils enrolled is about tho average at
tendance. It would bo interesting to
know how many evenings on an aventgo .
the pupils iu these schools attend. To
secure the greatest measure of suooess it is
aho necessary that teaching peculiarly
qualified to deal with suaii pupils should
be secured. Teaching iu a night school
differs greatly from teaching iu a day
school. It is a great mistako to treat
these pupils as if thoy wero little children,
simply because thoy are deficient iu scho
lastic attaiuments.
To provont unnecessary expendituio of
money in the maintenance of these schools
and to afford tha board reliable informa
tion in regard ti them, I would suggest
tho adopt iju of tin foil j wing course for
this year :
First : That all persons who desire to
attend night schoolo, or who havo chil
dren or wards to soud, m iko application
to the committeo on uigut schools, de
positing at tho time one dollar as a guar
antee that such applicant will attend ono
mouth at least. If tho applicant is studi
ous aud orderly, and is n Jt absent except
when ho is absolutely obliged to be, the
money will bo refunded at the end of the
month. Ho cau then reucw his certificate
or application for another month. The
school will, therefore, cost nothing to
those pupiU who go regularly and mako a
business of it. Those who go once in a
whilo for amusement will lose tho money
deposited, and this pay. the city part of tho
cost inclined o:i their aecouut.
Secondly That all such applications bo
registered by said committee, and that
whenover twenty applicants are secured a
fchool bo oncucd.
Thirdly That tho teacher bo required
to keep a toll, recording the number of
sessions each pupil has attended, and re
port tho same together- with excuses for
absence, weekly, to tho city superintend
eut, who will report monthly to tho com
mittee. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. K. BuEnnLK,
City Sup't.
Tlio recoiuinoudalion of the text bulk
committeo to purcbaso Webster's una
bridged dictionaries for tho secondary
schools uot having them, and authorizing
tho uso of the text books on literature iu
the high schools wero uuanimously ap
pioved. Mr. Waifel presented tho resignatiou of
Miss Sue Girvin as first assistant in tho
Duko street secondary school. Ho took
occasion to say that Miss Girvin had been
in tho employ of the board for thir
teen years, aud was now compelled to re
sign ou account of ill health. During bcr
long term of service she had beeu absent
from her duties but threo days. Her res
ignation was accepted and the thanks of
hoard were voted her for faithful servicos.
Miss Clara Lichty, second assistant in
tho same school, was unanimously elected
to Miss Girvin's place, and Miss Mary A.
Dougherty, principal of a West Chestnut
strcot primary, was promoted to Miss
Lichty's place, receiving 23 votes to 0 cast
for Miss Blanche McCormick.
Miss Clara Spindler was elected bv ac
clamation to fill the vacancy caused by
Miss Dougherty's promotion, and Miss
Kate Shirk was elected to fill the vacancy
caused by .Miss Spindler's promotion.
Dr. Levergood offered a resolution that
tho primary grade pupils in Mr. Matz's
combined German aud English school bo
transferred to Miss Zuecbcr's primary
school and that Mr. Matz's school bo
raised to a grade of a full secondary
school.
Mr. Warfel moved to amend by refer
ring tho matter to the superintending
committeo to report at next meeting.
After a discussion, participated in by
Messrs. Levergood, Warfel, Hartman,
Haas, Herr and Wilson, Mr. Warfel's
amendment was agreed to by a vote of 18
to 15, aud the resolution as amended was
adopted.
Ou iuoli.'U of Mr. G. W. Zecher the
board proceeded to elect a principal
teacher for the boys' night school. A
ballot being takeu resulted iu the electiou
of Mr. W. II. Lrvergood, who received 21
votes to 9 i U. S. Gates and 3 for C. V.
Lichty.
On motion of Mr. Hartmau the election
of an assistant teacher was postponed
until such timo as tho night school com
mittee might deem it necessary to havo
another teacher.
Miss Kate Sunk was elected by accla
mation as teacher of the girls' night
school, and on motiou of Mr. Warfel tho
night school committeo was empowered
to select an assistant if one be needed.
A communication from Qeorgo N.
Glover, teacher of classical and acietific
branches in the boys' high school, was
read, praying for an increaso of salary, tho
recently adopted curriculum imposing
on him additional duties attended by con
siderable personal expense. His request
for an increase was urged by Prof. J. I.
McCaskcy, princint', and Ja. C. liable,
assistant tctch-jr, 1 1 tin high school. Oh
motiou Mr, G!-v.;i s salary was increased
from $77 to VM per moot!-.
Mr. Eristnau moved ihat the schools bo
closed on Thursday, October 13th. Tho
motion created a good doal of merriment
and some opposition, and tho yeas and
nays were called, resulting yea.?, 23 ;
navs. 11 two to one in favor of - letting
T r,A T7vurr .mS Kfjt'hnnl TltrrfWM
Gestlejien : Your city superintend- the scholars see Jumbo.
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