Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-06


down the doctrine of no discrimination
on account of color in the public schools
of the state.
GERMANY seems to have entirely too
many noblemen to the square inch. Not
long ago one of the surplus who had
come to this country, threw himself to
destruction from tall tower in Chicago
and now one has hanged himself in a
New York tenement house, while the
concert saloons and summer gardens of
New York are full of them, eking out a
precarious subsistence. It seems to be
the German peasant who thriyes best in
this free air the nobleman is an exotic
of uncertain growth.
MINOR TOPICS.
DEAN STANLEY's successor is to be ap-
pointed by Mr.. Gladstone.
TIE efforts of the Chinese government
to suppress the opium traffic and habit,
have thus far apparently been complete
failures.
CARDINAL MANNING has declared himself
in favor of legislation to put down intem-
perance, maintaining that moral means
has been tried enough, and proved insult
ficient Of itself.
The Scotch Presbyterians of Canada
have been thrown into violent cOmmo.
ton by the evil example set by tho Mar.
quis of Lorne in travelling from Halifax to
Quebec on Sunday.
THE diocese Of Iowa. under new con
stitution, permits women to vote at vestry
meetings. In England female church.
warden mas been chosen in the parisl, oI
Beerford, Of which Canon Trcyor is the
rector.
AN "agnostic or not-knower is cx.
pounded by the New York Sun as :. man
who doesn't know whether there is 4 God
or not, doesn't know whether he has :
soul or not, doesn't know whether there is
future life Or not, doesn't believe that
anyone else knows any more about these
matters than he does, and thinks it 4
waste of time to try and find out
One of Cincinnati judges reasons fol
refusing to grant divorce to man was
that he had taken his wife "Irom the
domestic circle and launched her into the
midst of iniquities which SURROUND the
path of 4 comely and youthful female in a
business life requiring travel and frequent
contact with worldly people, in other
words, he had sent her out as Il book
agent.
Consul HALDERMAN, of Bangkok, for
wards to our government i curious ac-
count, mostly taken from the local papers.
OF the cremation of the late queen and i'll
FAINT prince. who were accidentally drowned.
The attendant ceremonies were more elab-
crate than at the furnaces in Washington,
Pa, including professions, races, tourna-
ments, fitting, boxing, wrestling, theatri-
cal performances, games. fireworks and
distributions Of gifts among the people.
GEORGE MORRISON, living at Browns
vile, lear Newark, Ohio, remarked, upon
hearing of the shooting of President Gar
field, that he hoped the president would
die. An old soldier named c. A. Cook,
who was standing by, slapped Morrison in
the mouth. For this the old soldier was
arrested, and he was fined $40 and the
costs, which amounted to S22. The Gin
cinnati Commercial announced the other
morning that it would receive 1 cent sub
scriptions from citizens, the money to be
used in paying the fine and costs against
Cook. The response was overwhelming.
Before night over 5000 names had been
placed upon the subscription list, cacl, for
one cent.