Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-10
LATEST NEWS BY NAIL.

burned at Eagle Hill colliery by an explo-
sion Of gas. Brennan's s injuries are seri-
GUS.
Sixty houses have been burned down at
Aset, near Folk, in the department OF
Ariege, France, and the sufferers by the
fire are in great distress.
Pentecost Sweet, fireman Of the machine
shop of the Quidneck mills, at Warwick,
r. l., was struck by the arm of pulley
and was killed, yesterday morning.
In Charlotte, n. c., on operator in the
Western Union telegraph Office committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
heart. No reason is known for the act.
The First and Second districts of Alba
ny, MY. Yesterday elected delegates to the
Republican state convention, and adopted
resolutions in favor of nominating Grant
for president.
The receiver of the Ocean national bank
of New York, has secured verdict for
s3, 767 against the executors of Calvin A.
Stevens, one of the stockholders of the
bank who were assessed forty per cent. to
make up the deficiency due depositors.
The boiler in the malt house Of the Haw
ley malt company, of Detroit. exploded
yesterday morning, demOiishing the en-
gine house and damaging the malt house.
Two men were in the engine room at the
time of the accident. but escaped with
slight injury.
Six lives were lost in the fire at the
Theatre Royal, Dublin. The fire brigade
succeeded in preventing the spread of the
flames to the adjoining houses. The lord
lieutenant of Ireland was present during
the confiagration. The loss by the de-
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timated at 100000.
Alexander II. Smith, president of the
Merchants exchange of st. Louis, appoint
ed yesterday one hundred and fifty leading
members of the exchange, representing all
branches of business, as committee to
solicit subscriptions for fund to be ex-
pended in purchasing food and other sup
plies to be shipped direct to the destitute
people in Ireland. Negotiations are pend
ing with railroads and steamship lines,
which it is believed will result in free
transportation of whatever is purchased by
this committee,
A personal encounter took place Ill
Richmond, Va, in the rOtunda of the
House of Delegates between James "A.
Frazier, a member of the House, and W.
w, Archer, reporter of the State. The
| thdlI SlcW OuC VI d pooilo'Ctoh ~ eiAo
Rookbridge Enterprise in which Frazier
charges that the Sate had made the gross
est misstatement and Misrepresentation Of
every word uttered on the floor. Archer
called Frazier out into the rotunda aud
asked him whether he referred to him, and
receiving reply in the affirmative he struck
Frazier in the face, when a fight ensucd.
New Let It bo settled
Everett, Pa, Press.
On Wednesday of last week Judge Pat,
tersOn, of Lancaster, summoned before
him Messrs. Steinman and Hensel, of the
DAILY INTELLIGENCER, on account of a
criticism of the court in Tuesdays issue
of their paper. The judge declared that
they should be ruled to show cause why
they should not be stricken from the roll
of attorneys. Messrs. Steinman and
Hensel denied the authority ofthe court &c
require them to answer as attorneys fOl
editorial criticisms. We believe Messrs
Steinman and Hensel to be right in theil
views, and hope they will stand by them
and have this question decided by the
highest authority in the state. 1t j.
everywhere admitted that criticism OF
the acts of public officers is one of the
high prerogatives of the press, and one
or the strongest mnuenceS 10 laitnlul
performance of official duty. There are
hundreds of lawyers who are also editors,
and we believe there are none more
courteous to the judiciary in their posi-
tion as attorneys but as editors and fol
acts done out of court, we don't believe
the courts have any power to reach OF
punish them except in an action for libe
or SANDER. If the judge of Il court can
inflict summary punishment on an editor,
who happens to be also a lawyer, these
lawyers should at once abandon the edi-
torial profession, for the worst thing that
can happen a free country is to have its
press muzzled. We hope, in order that
judges and editors may both know exactly
what their privileges and duties are, that
this case will not be dropped or comprom-
ised, but carried to the supreme court
and the disputed point clearly settled.