Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-25

that the democracy have always been the
party of conservatism, that what the
needs now is conservatism and
ergo, that the Democracy will win this
year.
GEN. DANIEL BUTTERFIELD," Fight
ing Joe Hooker's - chief of staff, and
hitherto Republican, had privately an.
his intention of voting for Han
cock some time ago, but since Gen.
Danl Sickles' speech Butterfield comes
out publicly, says he will vote for Ham
cock, that he told Conkling so and Conk.
ling said: "Dan, I don't blame you.''
MINOR TOPICS.
ROWLAND HILL said, "a good pulpit
is famous thing to keep a
man in good health.'
REV. ENOcu PoND, d. D., of Bangor
seminary. has just entered his
year. He retains both his ply
sical and intellectual vigor to a remarkable
degree.
THE Rev. DR.. Nevin, of Rome, Italy.
and the Right Rev. DR.. Herzog, bishop OF
Geneva, Switzerland, will be present at St.
James at the morning and evening services
tomorrow.
AUGUSTUS MONaREDIRN is sowing broad
cast over this country his free-trade pamph
let, "The Western Farmer of America. .
It bears the imprint of the Golden Free
Trade Club, of which Garfield is an honor
ary member.
THE New York Herald has made the
discovery that the three Hancock
votes now apt to be furnished
from Maine, renders it unnecessary for the
Democrats to have either Indiana or Con.
necticut. New York, New Jersey ant
Maine will settle it.
BOB INGERsOLL preached at McEick
er's theatre, Chicago, Sunday afternoon
from the text: "What shall We do to be
Every person in tho congrega
tion was presented at the door with card
issued by the Young Mems Christian
on which was printed: ''Be
lieve in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou
shalt he saved.''
A LONDON newspaper correspondent
says :"I had no hesitation in saying,
though not teetotaler myself, that drink
is the cause of most England's shame and
will even go the length to
say that if something is not done soon to
check this vice of drunkenness, among
the English women especially, it must of
necessity work the ruin of the country
The propriety of Passion plays is now
being discussed in the New York papers.
The Sun thinks that the personation OF
Christ on the stage by Jimmy O'Neill, the
cripple of the Two Orphans, is a deliberate
and needless insult to Christian sentiment.
The Dramatic Neus can't see that it makes
any difference whether the personator's S
name is James or Jimmy, Charles or JOS
eph and, since the New York play is
chastc and elevated, it is hard to see
wherein its publication will be as insulting
to Christian sentiment rs the intense de-
scriptions of the Passion by sensational
preachers.
MIR. BRosIUs was only "giving them
taffy" at the Fourth ward Republican
meeting when he said that he would give
/ million dollars for 4 voice that would
reach over the crowd. That was because
;he crowd was SO disorderly not because it
vas SO big, for Mr.. Brosius can stand in
;he middle of J. w. Johnson's ward and
ak to every portion of it. Also Mr.. Bro
;ius knows there is no " Genius of Lib
'rty" on the Centre square monument.
also it was funny to hear Hay Brown tell
low he came down the street the day after
Bull Run and saw the Hancock men smil-
ng over the rebel victory. Also was it sug-
FESTIVE to hear Jake Amwake say that the
Democrats of to-day are the corrupt, de-
Generate spawn of the old Democratic sllad
Which has Matched out states rights men,
ecessionists, traitors and Nova Scotian
)emocrats-halfa falligators and half dogs;''
s though modern science was able to clas-
ify Jake Amwake
REV. A. T. WORDEN, Baptist minister
f Unadilla Forks, near Utica, New York,
as been Republican in the past, and has
oted the ticket consistently. He was
onsidered an able theologian, was regard
as quite a poet and was generally re.
pected and beloved in the section where
e resides. After the conventions had
ominated their candidates Mr.. Wordcn
as disguised, and announced his inten-
on to support Hancock and English. He
'ok the ground that stained name
lould not 60 upon the list of American
residents, and publicly avowed his dc
to vote with the Democracy,
lying that he looked upon Garfield Gas a
tinted man, to draw it mildly and upon
ancock as an "honest man." Since |
len he has been made the subject of re-
ntless persecution and insult. He has
zen forbidden by the town authorities |
ON preaching in grove in which he had |
zen in the habit Of holding Sunday after
bon services. The mails have been
ooded with "scurrilous and obscene let
rs, pictures and postal cards." and he
Is been "threatened in public and
'ivate" for exercising his opinion as
ee American citizen. One of his brother