Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-03-24

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any figure between these two. On the
other hand, Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont must decrease their representa-
tion, even if the total number be in
creased to as many as 325; while Ar
kansas, California, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska,
South Carolina, Texas and West Vir-
ginia will increase their number of rep
resentatives, even if there be no increase
in the total number.
MINOR TOPICS.
"MAHoNE's PARTY" endorses him, of
course. They are of a kind.
BICYCLING gains in favor in New Eng
land, and at coming parade in Boston
common over six hundred machines will
be in line.
The revised Bible is promised in May
or June at ten cents per copy. Too cheap
to become fashionable, the Philadelphia
Ecening Ne,es thinks.
THE Graphic contains a spirited car
toon of Blaine, who with up]ifted right
arm and clenched fist, the other embracing
u large hog, proclaims spirited foreign
policy on the pork question, together with
his letter to Noyes, our minister to France.
The West Chester DAILY Republican
plunges into the question of the speaker
ship of the next House, and begs that, for
consistency's sake, its party will not elect
such a free trader as Kasson. But when
was its party consistent?
GAS TRUSTEES McMANEs and Smith. of
Philadelphia, swear that they know of no
irregularities in the management of the
gas trust. "That's what's tho matter"
Blind and deaf men are not the sort for
these positions.
THE Philadelphia Eoening Telegraph is
very suspicious that the nominations for
New York Offices to please Conkling in
wolves trade by which Stanley Matthew'S
nomination is to be confirmed. It looks
that way.
IT is noted as curious fact that of the
1877, 404 shares of Pennsylvania railroad
stock held. there were 924, ,65s shares not
voted at the late election. The 452, TAG
shares represented are the largest number,
with but one exception, ever voted in the
history of the company.
The Pittsburgh Times is evidently un.
with the Honorable Joseph
Souder, or it would not devote a half
column editorial to proving that he is
brutal ignoramus who should not have
bee n elected four times to the Legislature
from Philadelphia. He's the kind of
Philadelphia delights to
honor.
AGAINST Mahone's rebel brigadier for
sergeant alarms of the Senate, the DEM
ocrats propose to nominate Union officer
and now mention Gen. Averill and will
support him. A prominent Democratic
~nator says that some of tho members
Ia We prepared speeches on the subject and
vislr to see whether the Republicans will
7ote against q brilliant Union soldier and
n favo.. of an cx-Coufederate.
The word 'trotgut'' is not an Ameri.
,anism, but was used by Addison a hun
ired years before the American drink SO
,alled was pat upon the market in certain
,arts of this republic. In England the
word was applied to bad beer or wine, but
n this country it is used to point out a
.lnd of whisky, one drop of which would
poison a healthy stomach if fired at it
rom the distance of 730 yards, Dolly
mount laws to govern.
The delay in the appointment of a mar
hal for the District of Columbia, to sue
;eed Fred Douglass, is costing the United
States vernment nearly $1,000 a day.
The court is unable to proceed with the
rial of causes on the calendar. The men,
,ers of the jury report every morning and
ire discharged, as process issues in the
,ame of the marshal and his commission
having expired there is no authority to
summon witnesses. The court also meets
md adjourns for the same reason.