Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-09

court. line new plan would make II HI.
teen or twenty, and the supreme court
would get to he one for the rich man
only.
The blonde field marshal is to be con.
tinued in command Of the Republican
forces. Gen. Beaver is said to be an ad.
mirer of any color SO it's red.
THE Louisiana House of Representa-
tives has adopted resolution of thanks tt
the president and Congress for the prompt
and liberal relief afforded during the Mis-
sissippi overflow.
DID any one inquire for that Chester
county hayseed gubernatorial canvass that
few weeks ago was making such stir
about, but which has gently and gradu
ally subsidized under the benign reform
next-year dispensation
WHEN the intellectual person who ha.
been compiling the reports Of the eruviar
investigation for the associated press oh
serves at the conclusion of Senator Blair;
examination that the members of the COM
mittee Congratulated themselves upol
the termination of what has proved more
barren than profitable" he perpetrates II
epigrammatic stroke that leaves his read
els in delightful bewilderment as to what
was the subject Of fciicitation.
TIE Young Mems Democratic associa
ton of Philadelphia have passed resolu
tion thanking the Hon. Perry Belmont fo1
his efforts "to compel Blaine to testif!
fully rs to his action in the negotiation
connected with the Peruvian difficulties. ,
The association furthermore declared tha
MIR. Blaine deserves to be universally con
demned for his insolent disregard Of pro
priety and gross discourtesy to Mr.. Bel
mont, who was acting in the strict per
formance of his official duty"
APROros the proposed change III the
boss programme, which originally con
templated making room for Wolfe in to-
morrOw's ticket, it is remarked by an es
teemed and astute contemporary tina
while the Office of attorney general is no
as fruitful in opportunities as that o
congrcssman-a at large, nor as consequential
rs that of lieutenant governor, it is vastly
moro lucrative than either, and to Wolff
there would be an Inherent pleasure in
rotating Palmer out of snug place tha
would compensate for material sacrifice.
of transcendental character.
The lottery mania is spreading will
alarming rapidity in France. The Pari.
Figaro even goes so far as to publish seri
ously proposal for the stoppagc of one
franc per month from the salaries of al
the employees in the postoffice and othe
government or private administrations, il
order that all might participate in (:
monthly drawing or lottery. The French
postofice employs 1900 persons, an,
consequently the one franc a montl
would furnish four prizes of 10000 franc
a month, OF one 4 week. There is not {
single employe, according to the sam,
paper, who would refuse to pay tho small
monthly contribution to obtain tho chance
of so large profit, and to "provide be.
sides for the future Of family of worl
people,"
ARIsToCRACY in England is coming il
every direction to grief. In addition tt
Lord Huntly, we have another Scotch
lord Of ancient lineage, Lord Ruthven, il
the bankruptcy court, who finds matters
! even harder to arrange. The heir of :
baronet is found apprentice to a pawnbrols
or. The countess Of Mornington has ap-
piled for parochial relief. Two noble
brothers arc in the coal trade. The grca,
flower shop iu Regent street is kept by al
aristocratic major, who is not ashamed o
his calling. At Ealing they will ask yol
if you will have cup Of milk from 1.-The
Viscount's dairy" and at Uxbridgc there
is the nursery ground where few months
ago you might have beheld Scotch ear
and his wife and children wedding ant
watering the vegetables for the Londo1
market. The earl is dead, and his widow
has been pensioned off by the purchaser
of the ground.