Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-08
MINOR TOPICS.

REPRESENTATIVE BIEILT, of Williams
port has introduced into the Legislature
can act to preserve the secrecy OF the
ballot, which provides that it shall be
unlawful to print Or cause to. be printed for
use or cause to be used at any election in
| this commonwealth any ticket or tickets
with any engraved fancy or ornamental
head, or with any distinguishing mark,
type, design or designation by which, the
! character of the ticket would be made
known when folded according to law and
afixing heavy penalty 70: violation.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN II. Lands, TO
| whom VIC are indebted for many other
state documents sends us q copy of an act
| introduced by himself and reported by
MIR. White, Of the committee on elections,
"to prevent bribery and fraud at nominat-
ing elections, nominating conventions, and
| at elections Of delegates to nominating
conventions in the several counties Of this
commonwealth 1t makes bribery, direct
or indirect, OR fraudulent voting at primary
al
punishable with fine and Imprisonment.
The value of Evangelical church prop
| erty in the country increased from s71,-
2.5, 800, in 1850, to s27l ,477,391 in 1870.
Church debts also increased alarnlingly in
| the same period. Within the past thirty
years, American Protcstants have raised
more money for purely missionary pur-
poses that the Protestants OF all Christen-
| dom raised in the previous three centuries
the total falling only a little short Of
$lOO, 600. 900. The members Of The Evan
gelical Protestant churches in the United
States numbered about $500, OGO in 1870,
and in 1880 about Q, 100000.
TIE expenses Of the White House, paid
out of the federal treasury under Polk,
| were about 81 0o0 In 1876 Congress ap-
p:opr!ated for the same purpose s24, 600
besides the $4,000 presidential salary.
The last appropriation. entitled in the
statue book, "Oflicials in tie otlice of the
PRESIDENT read thus Private secretary,
So, $50; assistant secretary, So. 25O; two
clerks, $4,000; stenographcr, $500; one
clerk, class four, $1,000 one clerk, class
two, 81, 400; one clerk, class one, $1,000;
steward, $500; two day lslc-s, $4,000:
five messengers, $4,000 two doorkeepers,
ee.4oO; one night usher $1,000; one
Waterman, 5000; one fireman, 1854 con
tingcnt expenses, sS, 900 total, S30, ,A64.
THE -dmsrica", OF Philadelphia. clearly
sees that the agricultural college in Cen
tire county, created out Of the ..rant Of
land made in this and other states, :'for
tAc encouragement Of agriculture and the
mechanic arts" is a failure. It ascrbes
It's lack OF success not to it's situation nor
to lack of energy in its mana gers
nor to want OF external impulse
and help. ''Tle farming class can.
not be induced to send their sons
to it. Those of them who wish to make
them farmers, keep them on the farm
those who are ambitious Of y mere liberal
education for them, send them tho co.. |
lesas and universities. 1t is true. that as
oar state and our country are closely set
tied, the need of scientific training for the
farmer will be felt. and there will be room |
for such agricultural colleges as have been
fonnd beneficial in Europe. But for the
present, We are wasting every year $780,
600, which might be laid out, in other !
ways, in advancing just The class of i'll
.
and which might again be delivered to an
agricultural college when the time comes !
for such an illstitutiou.''