Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-29
MINOR TOPICS.

Ot10gI0g out t00 SSSlOu ray mas
abandoned his purpose in Difference to the
strong counter set Of public opinion.
GENERAL SHERMAN shows NO sentimen-
tality about the Whitaker case, but sus-
tains Gen. Scho6eld's view. of the matter
and says tha: it is absurd for any petition
to reinstate him to be sent to Mr.. Hayes
after the decision of the academic board.
by whose consent alone he could be re-
stored. None of these people who have
been talking SO sentimentally about Whit
taker have extended any social courtesies
to Bruce and his wife or Fred Douglas.
An effort is being made by prominent
members of the Campbellite church to
erect a church edifice in Washington,
D. c., suitable to the dignity of presi-
dental worshiper. The movement origi-
mated in Ohio and is now communicated
to their leading church members. The
present edifice is a little frame affair, like
country school house. Some expectant
Office holders have taken the matter in
hand and will push it to an early compile;
ton. Since the election the increased at
tendance cannot be accommodated, and
forms an interesting illustration of official
sycophancy and social toadyism.
The New York World makes good
point when it takes Talmage to task for
criticising the proposed production of the
Passion Play. "Men like Talmage, con-
tinually give precisely the same sort of
offense as was threatened by the Passion
Play to the religious sentiments of civil
lied people. It is little hard upon Mr.
Abbey, we admit, that a public opinion
which party tolerates Talmage should
have been successfully invoked against
the Passion Play. The only opposition
which Talmage can logically offer to the
production Of the play is that it is rival
show to his own. He has for years shocked
the sensibilities of decent people by pre-
cisely the same detailed and familiar
treatment of sacred themes as that to which
such people objected in the Passion Play,
and if Talmage's method is rather aero
batic than dramatic, we do not see that a
circus is moro religious entertainment
than theatre
JUDGE WALLACE, Of the United States
district court for Northern New York, has
declared invalid the New York state law of
1866, which provided for the taxation of
back shares. The law has always been in
more or less trouble, apparently because
it was very defective in number of ways,
and the bank on whose contest the deci-
sion has been rendered has been protesting
and fighting for ton years against the en-
forcemcnt of the law. The act made no
provisions for the deduction Of debts from
the amount of the valuation, and an at
tempt to make the assessment in accord
ance Herewith got the law into the courts.
The New York court of appeals decided
that no deduction ON account of debts
could be made as the act stood, and the
supreme court of the United States affirm
ed this view but went farther and declared
that the law was in conflict with the
United States statutes, which restricted
the taxation Of national bank shares by
state authority to a rate not greater than
that upon "other money capital in the
hands of. individual citizens of the state"
It is upon this ground apparently that
Judge Wallace has pronounced the law
invalid.
PERSONAL.
: The Rev. Dr.. MORGAN DIX had narrow
escape from a serious if not fatal accident
last evening. He was returning from st.
Augustine's church when his horses be-
came frightened and dashed off at high
speed. His carriage collided with cab,
but the doctor remained inside and was
rescued unharmei.
"Miss Grundy" asked General SnER-
MAN if he really did vote for Hancock. He
replied that while he would have voted
for General HahcOcI, so far as the latter
personally was concerned, he would not
have been willing to vote for the Demo-
cratic party, but that a law of the state of
Missouri prohibits an officer from voting
at an election held in the state, so of
course he did not vote.
At Robertson mining camps, Col, there
has been dispute about the possession of
the mine and guard had been placed to
watch it. Lieutenant Governor-clect ROB-
INsoN and the manager of the mine went
to it after dark. The guard not recogniz-
ing them and not hearing an answer to his
inquiry as to who they were fired, he says,
into the rock overhead. Robinson fell
shot in four places. He is still living, but
his wounds are believed to be fatal.
Ramsdell tells it: "In Washington there
is a noble and a fashionable charity known
as the Childrcn's Hospital. It is consid-
cred quite the swell thing to be liberal
toward this hospital. 1t is managed by
ladies in the highest circles of society and
they give literally of their time and
means to keep the thing running. Thanks
giving Day is set apart as gala day for
the poor children-about sixty in number
and contributions are invited. On
Thursday there was a good showing.
Several barrels of -four groceries and
vegetables were contributed. Secretary
Evarts gave $40, General Meigs, $40; DIR.
Maulsbury, $40; Judge Cox and Judge
Tree, each $40, and Attorney General
Devens, 81. Mrs. HAYES sent barrel of