Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-19


day. BY the way he is the Irregular :"
Republican chairman of the county COM
mittee of Union. lie was probably down
having Cooper swear him in.
WHEN Beaver told Philadelphia re-
porter that he had not given Stewards
challenge serious thought he probably
did not expect to be believed.
ARTHCE's two per cent. assessment
is said to have been paid directly to
Boss Cooper.
CORNELL seems to be after ConkliDg
with shotgun, as it were.
THE New i ork World amiably alludes
to writer on one Of its estimab!e contem.
poraries as the "scrofulous little sulphur
tapping liar Of tho vile and venal Times"
SENATOR FAIR OF California is osten-
,atious," says the Hrald's "Pels,nal
Intelligence man. This is probably be-
cause nobody ever heard of him before,
aud a diligeut search through the Con
| grcssional directory fails to fnd him.
How many readers Of 'IvanhOe' know
that the original of Rebecca the Jewess
was an American lady, whose character
was largely the counterpart of that most
wholesome heroine: A short paper in
the September Century is to give an &C
nc t1,o 0,s1u co1ot:o,, IN, tl,o
aud, to accompany il, her miniature, by
MalboDe, has been beautifully engraved
by Cole.
THERE must be a mistake somewhere.
Beaver tells Telegraph reporter that there
are several reasons why he would like to
meet Stewart on the stump, but that the
challenge has not been discussed by the
state committee and is not likely to be and
Cooper says Gen. Beaver is tho man who
has to Announce what is to be done about
the challenge. Has Beaver resolved fur
| ther orders from Quay to not talk?
Consul CLIFFORD, ut La Rochelle,
Frince, writes that the production in
France of genuine brandy from white wine
has substantially ceased, on account of the
failure Of the vine. and, he asserts that
the greater part of the brandy now sold is
prepared from alcohol obtained from
grain, potatoes or leets. He closes with
the statement that "all French brandy
might properly aud, perhaps, ought to te
excluded from the United States on saui-
tary grounds
ECKLEY Il. COKE has just given fresh
illustration of his humane interest in
his ~orkingmen 10y fitting up commo-
dious, handsome and thoroughly equipped
hospital, designed for treatment of those
who become disabled in the mines or
otherwise while in the employ Of his firm.
1t is to be noted that this private hospital
for the employees of q single firm has a
resident physician which is more than
Lancaster county has for its almshouse
and hospital with hundreds of inmates.
| ONE DAYS FISHING,
One morning when Spring was in her tecns'
| morn to poets Wishing,
All tinted in dclic tie pinks and green's &.
Miss Bessie and went fishing.
| lin my rough AMI easy clothes,
| With my lace At the sunshine's mercy;
She with her hat tied down to her nose,
And her nose tippcd-vice versa
| with my rod. my reel, and my hooks,
| And ~ hamper for lunching recesses
| She with the bait OF her cOInely looks,
! And the seine OF her golden tresses.
So we cat down on the sunny dyke,
Where white pnnd-lilies te-ter,
! And went a-fishing, like quaint Old Ike.
And she like Simon Peter.
| All the noon lay in the light OF her eyes,
| And dreamfiy watched and waited,
But the ii -h were cunning and would not rise,
And the liter alone was balted.
And when the time OF departure came,
| The bag was Hat as q founder,
| And Bess had neatly hooked her game
| n Ahundred.aMC-eighty- -pOunder!
-Ogdensburg Journal
lT is not a pleasant commentary on our
century civilization that comes from Col.
umbus, Georgia, where two young women
settled a dispute over a young man, ac
cording to the rules formulated by the
Marquis Of Queensbury. The cnterpris
ing reporter that describes the scene says
AT daybreak the two girls arrived at the
place appointed ring was pitched and
seconds chosen. They Immediately got te
work, one sending right-hander on hel
opponents proboscis that brought forth
the crimson fluid. The otter returned tue
compliment with a body blow that fairly
staggered the first. There Was then a
rapid exchange Of blows and when the
round was finished, both girls had re-
ceived terrible punishment It tool
three rounds to convince oae of the youth
full AmazOls that she was knocked "Out
of time" 1t is bad enough when Mr.. Tug
Wilson and MIR. John Sullivan keep the
whole world in suspense with their pugil
istic encounters. But when lovely woman
whose proper weapon is "the unanswer
able tear" stoops to fstic conflicts, ther
truly may We say that woman is nothing
more than undeveloped man.
A CONTEMPORARY observes that soor
alter tho death Of President Garfield the
White House at Washington was crowded
with wOrkmon who were engaged in the
Wholesale reconstruction of the interior.
The drainage was bad, the walls dingy,
the furniture decrepid SO, for many weeks
President Arthur found refuge in thu
house Of a senator on Capitol Hill. Al
last the repairs and refurpishinp were