Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-19
MINOR TOPICS.

MINOR TOPICS.
Mr.. HALE's committee has reported to
the Maine Legislature on the late counting
out process, and makes the Fusionists ap-
pear terrible set of fellows.
THE reports in the Maine legislature
bribery cases have been prepared. The
committee are unanimous in reporting that
the case of Bartholomew Wentworth
against Charles E. Kicker is not sustained
by evidence, and a majority report to the
same effect in the respective cases on Swan
and Hartman against Wallace R. White.
In the latter case the minority present
report that they cannot concur in conclu-
sion of majority.
A CANVASS of the Indiana Legislature
shows the Democratic sentiment of that
body to be in favor of Mr.. Hendricks as
the candidate for president, with Seymour
as second choice. The Republicans are for
Blaine. Ex-Governor McEnery tele-
graphed to Congressman Ellis, of Louis
lana, that the state Democratic conven-
of Louisiana will instruct the delegation
to the national convention to vote for
Hancock. From another source comes
the information that two-thirds of the con-
vention will support Hancock. :
IT is now conjectured by astronomers
that the comets are kind of celestial
tramps who wander through space at their
own sweet will, calling with more or less
regularity while on their rounds to see the
sun and his attendant planetary system.
One of these cosmical vagrants is expected
to call on us this year in perfect blaze of
glory. In 11O6 it rivalled the sun in bright
ness, and it appears at every successive
visit with added brilliancy. In 1S43 the
Millerites made sure that this comet was
the appointed agent that was to bring
about the final conflagration of the world.
SENATOR THURMAN says that all the Ohio
nominations for Supervisors Of the Census
will be rejected without doubt, as the
Democrats have determined that they will
| confirm no more Republican nominations,
and therefore will continue to reject until
appointments are made for the Democratic
districts in accordance with the wishes of
the majority in the Senate. This will in
all probability lead to deadlock between
the executive and the senate, and unless a
compromise shall be reached, the States of
Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio and others in
which nominations have been rejected for
political reasons will have no census.
! MAJOR GENERAL RAILTON, of the de-
tachment of the Salvation army that has
just commenced to wage war against sin on
these shores. threatens that he will leave
New York forthwith if the mayor does not
give him a license to carry on his opera
tions without police let or hindrance in the
streets of New York Such proceeding
would have the look of abandoning a
stronghold of sin to the sinners without
even a serious effort to conquer it, and
would induce great many people to think
that Major General Railton is lacking in
some of the essential qualifications of a
successful army leader.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is pushing things" in
his Midlothian canvass for Parliament
with spirit and energy that would be no
discredit to an American stump campaign
in the Western country. Thirteen engage
ments to speak in one week is active work
in Great Britain, and only paralleled in the
interior districts of our country, and seldom
surpassed even there. The English wood
chopper is vying with the American "rai!-
splitter" in his famous canvass against
Stephen A. Douglas for the United States
senatorship for Illinois. The American
rail-splitter lost the senatorship but gained
the presidency, What is the English wood
choppers fortune to bee
| THE game of whist furnishes an occasion
for the display of mems characters. The
utterly selfish man calls the play on his op-
ponent, and himself takes back the card
he was about to throw, and obtains repu-
tation for piggishness; while the careless
man, who never talks, gets reputation
for being a slattern if he plays queen at
second and has only tray to back it. The
man who talks great deal after the hand
is ended is supposed to be apologizing fol
the ignorance of those whom he honors by
playing with them. The man who makes
a big demonstration in throwing down his
card is likely to be weak in character even
though he may play good game of whist.
Some good whist players, like many good
musicians, know very little beside the one