Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-25


political knavery. 1t will require a
great deal more intelligence than their
committee has to deter
mine that matter. It will be just as
well for them to put both their candi-
dates into the field on the Sensenig and
Raymond platforms respectively and let
the people elect an honest Democrat,
backed by honest men and pledged by
his character as well his promises to an
honest administration of the Office.
MINOR TOPICS.
The New York Times strikes the happy
idea that the New York Republican men,
bers of the Legislature might as we'll elect
Tilden senator as Conkling.
The total number of pieces of all classes
mailed during the year 1880, was 2,72O,-
90, ,252. The whole number of letters
mailed was I, ,O53, ,25s, $40, or an average of
twenty-One for each man, woman and
child in tho United States. 1874, 556, 44O
postal cards, s12, ,O32, 900 newspapers, 49,
las, 792 magazines and other periodicals
and 81, 1915, ,S32 packages of merchandise
passed through the mails.
The sum of s1s2, 900 is appropriated
annually for the purchase of such articles
as are necessary for the comfort and con-
venience of the officers and employees of
the treasury, and it is charged that the
officers who disburse the fund manage to
turn considerable percentage to their
own use. No doubt the half of it is
stolen. The disbursers have built homes
out of it; retailers have grown rich from
the patronage and even cabinet officers
have had their parlors furnished from the
fund.
BUSINESS men should he careful what
sort of advertising devices they indulge in.
Nathaniel H. Anders, a furniture dealer
was fined one hundred dollars, in the
United States court, by Judge Butler yes.
terday, for issuing an advertising circular
rescmblinga United States note. The
jury expressed their belief that the defend
ant did not intend to do wrong and
recommend him to the mercy of the court
Ludwig Seidenbach, a shirt manufacturer,
was fined one hundred dollars for the same
offensc.
THE following startling head Lines of the
Heralds Albany dispatches tell the hopes
and fears Of Conkling's friends I'm the
Field, =" ''Messrs. Conkling and PIatt en-
Enthusiastically received at Albany" Mul
ligans fast retreating," "Vice Presiden,
Arthur and Governor Cornell in confer
ence," :" ''Stalwarts' standard raised, !" s'The
Republican chiefs meet and declare fo1
'Our senator's" Senatorial sharp prac
tice," Sixteen thousand Grant men hur
rah for tho Stalwarts," probabilities of
caucus" ''Rallying around the men wht
defended our states honor"
THE census Of New Jersey shows thu
total assessed valuation of real estate tt
be $436, ,03s, ,63S and that of personal pro
perty, $126, ,215, ,9S5. The bonded count,
Indebtedness is placed at $6.642, 937. so
that of cities containing over Z, 500 popula
tion at s37, 996, 2S5 that of cities. town
and villages of less than $500 population
81, 795, ,S53.71; that Of townships (bond
cd and floating indebtedness) at 81, 7s4,
856.79. In addition to this debt there is :
floating county Indebtedness, not specific.
in the tables, amounting to So. 231, ,535. .63
making the total Indebtedness of the state
$50, sss, ,247.54.
VERY REV. JAMES A. CoRCoRAN, d
D., professor Of scripture in St. Charles
seminary, and admittedly the most learne,
theologian Of tho Roman Catholic churc1
in America, points out that that the re
vised New Testament vindicates the Latil
vulgate and tho Douay (Catholic) version
He considers tho version a great improve
ment in its consistency and its fidelity t.
the originals. Further he says: "Th'
revisers certainly have done their wOrl
like conscience scholars. SO far as cal
judge from the hasty examination which
you and I have been making. Imbued from
their infancy with hostility to the Catholi
church wo could not expect them to b
free from all bias. They have done theil
duty; feel sure of that. OF course my
general principles are not in accord will
theirs and may not he able to look a
their work with perfect impartiality, but
shall consider it as fairly and favorably a
can. 1 believe it is a great improvement
on the King James version and that it viii
grow into general use."
PERSONAL.
CoNKL1NG has $20O, 900.
On Sunday, the 29ht, at 10 a. M, Rev
Mr.. BAILEY, of Bird-in- Hand, will delive
q sermon on the subject of Decoration ant
his friends anticipate good sermon.
Ex.Chief Justice AGNEw has accepted
an invitation to address the literary soci
cites of Roanoke college, at Salem, Va, OF
June Is.
The granite monument to the late Sen
ator ZAcHARIAH CHANDLER has just boel
completed at the Maine quarries, and i.
nearly 40 feet in height and weighs up.
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