Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-01

SOMEBODY writes to Boston paper that
three ladies in his family distinctly saw
the comet at 2 o'clock on the morning of
Friday, June II. But the letter was not
written until June 28.
THE Centre county Democrat has y
monopoly Of its growl at Hoyt for ~etoing
the judiciary apportionment bill. And so
has the West Chester Village Record in it's
lament over the slain oleomargarinc bur-
lcsque on legislation.
A LEvEI-HEADED Republican paper ill
New York urges tho Legislature to .e'ect
Conklihg and Herman: ''As for Mr.. ker-
Fan, in the qualities of patriotism. intcg-
rty, manly honor and regard for personal
and popular rights, he represents the real
Republican ideal much better than Mr..
Depew.
A COLLEGE founded III London for the
purpose of giving special professional
training to women intended to be govern
esses Or teachers il higher class schools
has been doing good work for the last
three years. 1t sent twenty-four students
to the first teachers examination held in
Cambridge last year, seventeen OF whom
passed successfully both in the theory and
practice of teaching
A CORRESPONDENT of Il Bucks county
paper prOpounds the following conun-
crum, which We reprint for the consider
alton of those whose duty it is to look in
to such matters "During the month Of
May the receipts Of flour ut Philadelphia
were 7o, 275 barrels, and as only 1G, 800 of
that amount was inspected will somebody
inform us what becomes or and into
whose pocket goes the $5S7. IS surplus that
has been charged for inspection, but
which was not done.
THE consummation of the great sale Of
a million and a half Of passenger railway
stock in Philadelphia by Singerly to Work
has been temporarily restrained by the
court upon tho application Of the vender's
sisters, who We're each given by their
fathers will an annuity of 81, 900, payable,
if necessary, out of the profits of this rail
road stock, which tho will further direct
cd that VIM. NJ. Singerly-to whom it was
all beTueathed-should not sell for ten
years. The petitioners aver that il it is
sold their annuitics will not be secureu.
THE London Truth makes Il strong ap-
peal to the Prince of Wales to put the
abominable chimney-pot hat cut of fashion
by ccasing to wear it :; and it is reported
in another paper thrt the Prince of Wales
is having constructed soft felt hat with
broad rim,. which he intends to assume in
public at All early day. If he secures the
determination of the stove pipe hat the
Philadelphia Bulletin promises him il re-
vsed version of its opinion that he has
lived in vain. When he hears from the
Bulletin he do it,
The Hawaiian kingdom is making mar
velous progress in education. About
1900 children attend school, $500 of this
number being natives. The free clemea-
tary schools are taught by natives in the
Hawaiian language, instruction being
given in reading, writing, geography and
mental and written arithmetic There are
fourteen select schools with an enrolment
Of 300 pupils, who arc instructed by for
eign teachers Of experience and capacity.
The English language is used. and Il tut
tion fee of s. is charged. Then there are
several private schools and others subsi-
dized by the government. There is SEM
mary and college providing high school
instruction, and Honolulu has Il kinder
garten of which it is very proud. Teach
ers' salaries in the Hawaiian schools range
from $500 to 81, 600 year.
SOME Of our esteemed contemporaries
talk rs if the dog days had already set in.
Here is the Altoona Sun gently mention
ing ''the smut of the great divorced pros.
titute keeper, the lewd, ribald blacksuard
who prints the O,cl. The Delaware county
Democrat dcnounces Presbyterian Sun
day school anniversary held down that
way as "a mean imitation and and u faint
attempt to render the music rs so finely
performed by the choristers OF St. Clem-
ent's church, in their grand professions,
of which ceremonies the good i'ishop
Stevens, by the direction of the Episcopal
convention held in Philadelphia two years
ago, bounced the reverend gentleman pre-
siding at St. Clements for allowing such
theatrical exhibitions in an Episcopal
church," And the genial Dennis Dealy,
of the Chronicle Herald, declares that ga