Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-10

make the situation available. But where
is its attraction, upon the whole, to q
man who aims to make his life useful,
and who has talents that can but rust in
the army in peaceful times, aud are not
those particularly wanted in a leader in
WARP General Warren is right in con-
sidering it particularly mean provision
for all except a particularly mean class
of men-which is the class of successful
generals, who succeed only by particu-
larly brilliant brutality of disposition. 1t
is not the place for independent men,
who do not love to be kicked around
themselves or to kick others around. 1t
is the place for kickers and kickees the
last becoming the first as they 60 up ;
but not amiable and decent gentlemen.
WOULD-BE GOVERNOR STEWART in
vites WOuld-be Governor Beaver to
meet him on the stump, and proposes to
invite Would-be Governor Pattison.
What Beaver may do we know not, and
he knows not, but he will ask Quay. Nor
do we know what Pattison may do, but
think that he will ask nobody whether
he shall perambulate the state, seeing
that he is a busy public servant and his
business is in Philadelphia.
The "rcunion of the Malley jury is
met by the suggestion that the Malley
boys and Blanche now have theirs, with
the ghost of thoir victim at the head of
the table to enliven the proceedings.
IT is intimatsd in some quarters that
Candidate Stewart means we'll but he don't
know. Certainly he cannot have forgotten
tho mystic message of Quay: "Dear
Beaver-Don't talk
LEAR's speech in Bucks county will be
likely to call forth burst of sulphurous
syntax against the {" dam literary fellers -
| who in former days were wont to stir the
wrath Of the head of THE FAMILY.
Mn. THOMAS VALENTINE COOPER, late
of Ohio, hasn't been heard from for some
time, but u noble opportunity is af-
forded his famous literary bureau by the
letter of Stewart. Just see the blonde
field marshal knock the kicking candidate
sky high.
THE Ohio Democrats arc now claiming
that they will carry thirteen congressional
districts in October. Tho delegation at
present stands fifteen Republicans to five
Democrats, owing to the infamous gerry.
mander of the state perpetrated by the
last Republican Legislature.
LIGHTNING struck two young ladies al
Chautauqua lake the other day, but the
energy of tue subtle fluid was exhausted
in tearing up blond switch and destroy
the shoes Of the two. Even the imperious
forces of the air exhaust themselves in
the task of destroying so expansive crea
tion as New York girls shoe.
worked hard to secure the closing ol
saloons on election day, thinking that thus
they might the easier gain the victory
But on last Tuesday the experiment of al
election without an open saloon was tried
for the first time, and the Democrat
gained a complete victory in the county
for the first time since tho war.
IT is stated that tho Chicago police arr
making out dog directory, and that ir
one month they got the names of the
owners of over 20, 600 dogs. The 7ribun'
says that the efficiency Of the force has i'm.
proved greatly since this spring, when i,
took them several weeks to make out :
directory Of a dozen odd gambling house,
and their owners.
THE irreverent Ignatief proposed tt
have the proceedings OF the congress 0
Berlin set to music by Offenbach. Bu
the imagination stands aghast at the mag
nitude of the undertaking as referred tt
our national circus, by courtesy callct
Congress. Keifer expiring to slow musi'
would certainly be popular number il
the new opera.
SANDY BYRUM, cOlore,l Republica,
politician in Northern Alabama, was shO
and killed last Saturday, and partisa,
Republican newspapers hastened to at
tribute his death to the "shot- gun" policy
1t now appears that the man who kille,
him, Hewlett, was an ex-deputy marshal
a Republican recently removed from oflics
for cause. Tho newspapers that 60 off a
half-cock sometimes hit tho wrong target
OWING to the number of deaths from
lock jaw, as a consequence of toy pisto
wounds, cOroner's jury in New YOrl
yesterday recommended tho passage of an
ordinance forbitlding the sale of such
deadly weapons in that city. Such :
measure will be certain to meet with ap
proval in every section of the country
where the deadly toy has been the caus;
of SO much suffering.
The nomination of the cOlOred preacher
Dawson, as third candidate between
Massey and Wise, for congressman at Large
in Virginia will, it is conceded, cut dowr
the latter's vote. That Boss Malone rea
lizes the importance of great concession
to the negro vote, in the light of Daw
sons candidacy, appears from the fac,
that he is thinking Of placing two negr'
candidates in the field in the districts o
Dezenlorf and Jorsensen.