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J —A7 ? 7'V- ? P 3 FCll V- 3-0 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from This project is made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniacoun48unse \ INDEX, Ir - . '__2 .. 1 • • . ■ N o I - .. Q R I j- Page S Page S 1 4 u v W -L--W XYZ Lancaster cocntt>s claims. I The fact incidentally mentioned in our 1880 For Auditor Genera!, John A recent editorial on the Gubernatorial ques¬ IW°Db B aUTvrCOdnty ; Supreme Judge H^ooT_/p®n> Northampton county. S ’ tion, that Lancaster county, although the n -i^ Jor State Treasurer, Silas M third strongest Republican district in the Bai>ey, Fayette county. L State, never had a candidate on a State 1882—For Governor, James A. Beaver ticket since the organization of the Re¬ entre county ; Lieutenant Governor, Win’ T. Davies, Bradford county • Secret*/ 7T publican party,. has not only attracted con¬ (Internal Affairs, John E?6ree?‘S/ siderable attention, but has been received county, Supreme Judge, Wm Heni m certain quarters with some incredulity. Rawlo, Philadelphia. Ben? That there may be no doubt in the minds of those interested in candidates from other ^iles,Ni1les3 "T/oiliogaAudifc county;°r Ge oStateera1, JeromeTreasurer B. localities who have had their full share i no?m/1VeJ?y’ Aj^egheny county. ’ and are still asking for more, we have pre¬ Beaver county Treasurer> M- S. Quay, pared the following statement of the Re¬ 1886—For Governor, James A. Beaver publican nominees for State offices since Centre county ; Lieutenant Governor, Wm’ i860, with the growth of Republican Presi¬ GM A’wuadf°r/ C0UDfcy; Auditor dential majorities during the same period : general, A. Wilson Norris, Philadelphia • Secretary of Internal Affairs Thos 1860—For Governor, Andrew G. Curtin V Centre county. ’ ‘S1QQoart’/Iont'’0mery county; ’ ’ ’ Ho rtf ‘ Mm,/ate Treasurer, William B. 1862— For Auditor General, Thomas E. mrt, Montgomery county; Sunreme Cochran, York county ; Surveyor General, Henry Souther, Erie county. 9 1888 F/ryAWrtW^iam3’ ^ioga coun“! 1863— For Governor, Andrew G. Curtin CamanT p/A’ t0r Genera1, Thomas Mc- Centre county; Supreme Judge, Daniel James T Supreme Judge, Agnew, Beaver county. isso 1^M tolell) Ti°&a county. 1889-For State Treasurer, Henry K 1865—For Auditor General, John F B oyer, Philadelphia. y il. Hartranft, Montgomery; Surveyor Gen- . - : ■ - a. SUMMARY.omu MLCampbell, Cambria. Montgomery. 7 Cumberland.... n Philadelphia.c York.' • f c„STiSd.aovor“or' ,oh" w- Allegheny. /• Centre. ; Jefferson.*.7 l Beaver. o Cliester. , Judge’ W. Warren..S Cuzerne_.". i Braii ford. .» Fayette...n 7T.1£88~£0iLrAuditor General, John F. Potter.. 7 Hartranft, Montgomery county ; Surveyor Tioga.. ..£ Northampton..1 GeiSfioal’i?aCOn M- Ganapbell, Cambria/ Blair. £ Butler.7.'.' 1 ibb.J-tor Governor, John W Gearv lEue..£ Cumberland county; Supreme’ Judge’ Cambria.7.7.'.' | 53 I 1 invT Allegheny. “ OUK GROWTH IN REPUBLICANISM. 1871— For Auditor General, David Stan ton Beaver county; Surveyor General During the same period Lancaster county R°S BA Beatb> Schuylkill county. ’ If “ thaQ do^d irer majorities, as 1872— For Governor, John F. Hartranft the fo lowing tabulated statement of our Montgomery county; Auditor General r»S -nCan Presidential- majorities since Harrison Allen, Warren ; Supreme Judge’ I00O will show : Ulys7sf f erCUor’ Bradf°rd county. g ’ ^O-Lincom. 5.000 Itm-1 j i!,or State Treasurer, Robert W 1876—Haves. 7 7*37 /^I'-Grant.mfi~£Incolu.6,0«)6>o 1880-Gariiela ;; 1701 GaGm-dr,AllTgffeiiy ’ Supreme Judge, Isaac 1187-—G-iant.8,571 I8e4—Blaine.. 9902 G. Gordon, Jefferson county. 18S8—Harrison ... .11 '451 , Lisutenant Governor, A. G Lancaster county has now a candidate I /iT u ’ ?otter county ; Auditor Geu- or nomination on the State ticket in the person of Edwin K Martin, ESq„ of this |Secretary'of "intenia^A^irs^Roberr^B ’ t H,i3 nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor wil! be pressed by his I 7876—For Governor, John F Hartranff from this aSfth°re 18 n° °ther caQdffiate om this county, we think the showing I ssawr- f we have made of the claims of the county ght to have great weight with the Re¬ publicans of the State. We do not of course contend that locality or even’ big Republican majorities constitute a claim to T Il78-For Governor, Henry M. Hovt a place on the State ticket, unless that IChas W CStonI ;wLieUt6Dant Governor,’ «il:z,3s7p,re°M w,th Th*f fMadwbted fitn0ss of the oaudidate. Mr.^ Martin possesses all the civil */"ge-Ja,Ms ^ .u allocations for the intelligent and faith- ler. C Sa“"‘ E»*^ Ufu discharge of the duties of the office Wi> !‘0fc be questioned even by his oppouen ■ ' uis recoETIjs a soldier is equalled by first page is-ent :en up with adver- .ow men of his years. He left college when tisements. Oft all, hiit one name is only sixteen years of age to answer his known to t he ' generation of readers, that i of mallei Shadier, the country’s call, enlisting in the veteran well-known sadler who then, as for half Seventy-Ninth Pennsylvania, a regiment a century afterwards, occupied the north¬ which saw as much hard service as any east corner of Centre Square and East one that went to the field. He was a vete¬ King street. ran at nineteen, having re-enlisted with In tho.e days John Mathiot was Sheriff his regiment at Chattanooga before and he advertises half a dozen properties of unfortunate debtors for sale, showing their three years had expired, and that even - in those days that official had was with Thomas and Sherman, participa¬ j plenty of work to do. Mr. Hepburn also ting in the campaign which terminated in i advertises stone coal of a superior quality Vue grand march to the sea. After serving I for sale "at the reduced price of eight nearly four years he returned to college i dollars per ton.” The military spirit seems to have had and finished his education. After devoting a stronger hold on the people of the some years to the lumbering business, | county then than now. The Independent roughing it among the pines of Pennsylva¬ Blues of Strasburg were ordered to pa- nia, he settled down to the practice of the ; rade in full uniform on the following 1st law, in which he is still engaged. of January, as were also the Lancaster County Light Dragoons in the village of When Lancaster county presents a civ¬ Iteamstown. The field officers aud pay- i ilian and soldier with such an unexception¬ master of the Thirty-first Regiment of | able record, to supplement her claims as Pennsylvania Militia were also directed [ the neglected wheel-horse of the party, we to meet on June 12 “at the house of think there ought to be no doubt of the Jacob Witmer, on the turnpike,” to per- form the duties enjoined on them by law. issue among the Republicans of the State. Times “in those good old days" do The political leaders who manage the not appear to have been better than they ! party’s campaigns never hesitate to appeal are now. On December 10, a resolution ! : to “ the Old Guard ” to roll up her big 'was offered in the House at Harrisburg majorities when they get frightened at the reciting that “it appears that a scene of ! outlook, and she has never failed to respond distress ami pecuniary embarrassment, j unexampled in former years, has of late right royally, though th6y have heretofore been exhibited throughout this Common- ignored her claims in the distribution of ! wealth” and asking “that a committ'#' the honors. We therefore appeal to the ’ be appointed to inquire into the extent Republicans of the State, independent of and causes of the general present dis¬ factions or bosses, to recognize the long tress. ’ ’ neglected claims of the third Republican There is a “ hank note exchange ” from which we learn the notes of the Farmers’ stronghold of the State, and at the same Bank were at par ; those of the Lancaster time place in nomination one of her young ! Bank 2 per cent, discount; York Bank men who will do no discredit to the trust ■> per cent, discount and those of the , bus reposed in him. Reading Ibayk lJ'per .ccul. under par. ''Such an old newspaper is full of in¬ I AN EARLY LANCASTER NEWSPAPER. terest for the curious student, aud is at the same time a mine of information cou- ; Some Things Found in a Local Paper Pub¬ cerning lished Three-quarters of a Century Ago. : the current events of the times. We may add that The, Free Press eon- A friend in Harrisburg has sent us a I tinned to be published several years, 1 copy of 2'he Free Preen, one of the netvs- , when it was merged into the Political | papers published in this city during the Sentinel, to which the name of Literary j early part of the century. The number j Gazette was subsequently added. before us was issued on December 10, 1819. The publisher was Samuel C. Stambaugh, who in his day was a noted Democratic politician, became an Indian agent and lived on the Lititz turnpike, immediately outside the city limits. The Free Preen was a four-paged folio of four Columns to the page, each column being fifteen inches long. The office was located on East King street, opposite the I h armors? Hank ; the, subscription price I M as 8-- per annum when ]miu In advance.
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