Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-13
MINOR TOPICS.

MINOR TOPICS.
THE Pittsburgh Post says: Lancaster
men are wanted home to vote for mayor
on the 18th. The present mayor, Mr..
Mace Gonigle, is candidate for reelection,
and should receive the support Of every
voter who can DC on hand.'
HENRY WARD BEECHER's paper which
is in the inner third term circle, has made
and announces the discovery that "among
the inner circles of politics there is some
talk of the possibility of transferring the
sentiment in favor of General Grant to
General Sherman in case General Grant
should decline the nomination, or the anti
third term feeling should be too strong
to be overcome
PREsIDENTIALLY speaking A telegram
from Washington states that Blaine will
not accept the second place Oh the presi-
dental ticket under any circumstances.
The Indeper1ent Republicans at Albany
refuse to accept the partial COM
promise offered to them, and they will not
vote at the new primaries. 4 meeting of
the national Democratic committee will
be held at Washington on the 23d of this
month. Ex-Judge Harrison thinks that
the Connecticut delegates will favor Mr..
Blaine
CONGREss having made the necessary
appropriation to enable the government
to be represented in the fish exhibition at
Berlin in April Professor Baird will endea-
vor to see that the United States is not be-
hind the older nations of it's display. He
will not go himself to Berlin with the pro-
posed representation of our activity as pisci'
culturists, but will deputize Mr.. G. Brown
Goode, the curator of the National Museum
and an ardent and thorough fish culturist,
to act in his stead. Mr.. Goode will be as
sisted by Mr.. Fred G. Mather, and they
will set about the labors of their prepara-
tions Immediately, as no time is to be lost.
| CONGRESSIONAL funerals are costly
affairs as is illustrated BY the publica.
ton of the annual report of the clerk OF
the House, and the amount of money ex.
pended when member dies is enough te
keep small family from want for many
years. Under the head of Miscellaneou.
Items in Clerk Adams's report appear the
following: To John G. Thompson
amount of expenses paid for the funeral o.
Hon. Gustav. Schleicher, "a, 7S9.42; ex
penses of funeral of Hon. Julian Hartridge
deceased, $1,949.97. Included among thu
items which go to make up the last namet
bill are: Lunch. $131.4O; Shoemaker
Hcrtzog (wine and iquor), $3.50; frui
and bananas, So special car, $3.50 ; ser
want at hotel S. conductor, s. ; car porter
Sand so on. The amount paid for ex
penses of the funeral of Hon. Rush Clark
of Iowa, is set down at 81, ,44s.4O.
THERE has been transmitted to Congress!
a statement prepared under the direction
of Adjutant- General Townsend, shown!
the militia force of the United States.
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New York reports militia force of 20,
$50, and Arkansas follows second in tn
list with an organized force of 16,377
South Carolina is third, having II, SO5 mel
ready for duty. The great commonwealth
ofPennsylvania is fourth ON the list will
$3.50 men. Ohio stands fifth, having 8,
374. Florida reports 5,504, and so til
list continues all through, the Souther
states showing large excess over man
of the Northern ones. There is no eX
PLANTATION of this unless it is that the mar
tial spirit in the South is stronger than il
the North. The aggregate strength q
the organized militia force in the Who'll
, country is set down at 125, ,9OG, while tn
number of men available for military duty
unorganized, reaches total of 6,516, 775s
THE Cincinnati Enquirer prints the re
suit of $4,000 interviews with politicians
4 business men and others in the West as t.
their preference for president. In Indiana
:, which was against Blaine in 1876, tn
Maine senator is the choice of t. ,O59 agains
sos for General Grant and AGO for Secreta
ry Sherman. Hendricks, on the Demo
cratic side, is the favorite son. with l., 1858
5 while Tilden shows total 270. In Ohio
the home of John Sherman, the latter ha
9, ,332 admirers, while /, ,498 are for Blain
and 6S9 for Grant Thurman has 1,33
and Tilden develops the surprising strengtl
represented in $50. The Chicago Time
has interviews with some 5000 Republi
cans in Illinois, and of this number Blain
is the choice of4 2ss, Grant Of 2, 9s5, Wash
burne of 1,064 and Sherman of 234. O
5000 Michigan Republicans, Blaine ha
, more than Grant and Sherman combined
his figures being 1,G00. to Ss7 and Gil re
spcctively for his competitors.