Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-17

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drinking with the convivial legislators
who were On board.
| SQUIRE MCMULLIN will likely get into
select councils of Philadelphia again-as a
spectator of the proceedings.
THE account which we print of the state
! agricultural college, in whose manage
ment Gen. Beaver is conspicuous, is
"mighty interestin' readin'.'' Coming
thus from good Republican authority it
may be that Quay meant wonld make
| Beavers hard road to travel.
For the valuable purposes Of general
educational conference. and to discuss
some points Of leading interest in our
states common school problems, the
| school superintendent OF eastern coun-
| ties of the state will hold convention in
Reading during three days this week, the
first session convening this evening. Lam
caster county will be represented by DR..
Brooks and Superintendent Shaub and
| Buehrlc.
THE proprictorship of the Harrisburg
Telegraph passes into the hands of pub
fishing company with 4 capital of $4,000.
The incorporators are Charles II Bergner,
| Thomas F. Wilson, Samuel F. Barr,
Frederick L. Bergner and NJ. W. Nc
Alarrey. Mr.. Bergner, the present pro-
prietor, will be the business manager, and
Mr. Wilson the chief editor. 1t is the de
sign of the new management to make the
Telegraph 4 journal of commanding infiu :
ence in Pennsylvania, and it is at the place
to do it,
| WHEN the lETELLIGENCER recently ex-
posed some of the ''leaks" which ''careful
and efficient management of the county
finances would stop, the New Era. with
out exactly defending the leaks, UNDER;
took TO correct our sfacts' and declared, iii
justification of Clerk Urban's uhwarrant
able and outrageous bill, that it was paid
in accordance with judicial decisions OF
the county's liability for it. We have
never been shown these "dccisions" by
either of our Republican contemporaries.
If found they might stop "a leak
| A. B. FARQUAHR, of York leading
manufacturer, believes in looking after the
moral condition and social improvement OF
his employees. lie finds occasion TO write
them long letter recommending them to
"arpointa a committee in each department.,
to act, in conjunction with the foreman of
that department, as an advisory or arbi-
tration board this committee to assist
me in fixing the wages of the employees
to settle any differences that might occur
between us to take part in managing
everything to our mutual interests" to
hold regular meetings, to discuss their in
terests to organize savings banks in the
works aud to aim to procure and own
comfortable homes for themselves.
THE Philadelphia Democrats Eava had
an old fashioned shindy at the primaries
to elect delegates to the state convention,
with fair prospect that Sam. .Dosephs,
Mart killaciky aud a good many Of their
kind will be shaken out by the deal. with
| plenty OF contests to disturb and disgrace
the state convention. If. as is predicted
the senatorial delegates should turn out to
be Hugh Collins. w. F. McCully, James
Gay Gordon, Henry Donohoe, Thomas
May Peirce, Richard Naux and John r
Read, there is material enoagh for har
mony and wise action, if these gentlemen
shall conclude to prefer that to squabble
for the benefit of the JoscphseS and Kill
lackys.
/ BELIEVING one story might he good
only "until another is told We have re
ported facts OF a legal scandal in Lebanon,
the substance of which is that three vel!
| known members of the bar there united
in I conspiracy to cheat 4 deludei woman
out of 81 200, and prostitute their offices
rs attorney and abused the processes of
the criminal law to get the money and III.
vide it among themselves. The story us
published bore some evidence on its face Of
having been prepared by interested par
ties. But the chargeis SO grave and was
published in such responsible quarters
that the accused must feel the necessity Of
/ relieving themselves or having public
Judgment entered against them. The
newspapers which printed the story yes
! ter,iay have no contradiction from tie
accused to-day, and they should realize
that there is popular demand for a speedy
explanation from them, OF damage to their
! regulations will result from their silence.
PERSONAL.
EMMA ABBOTT sings lame ir one leg.
She has been vaccinated. All the mem
bers of Mapleson's opera company in Phil
aaelphia had it done the same way.
| Mr.. BEECHER has taken back his accu-
sations involving the morality Of the
| Brooklyn teachers and school board. He
was threatened with libel suit.
EDITH GRAY is :; variety actre.s who
charms her audiences by her shrinking
bashfulness and fragile beauty. Still she
fired four shots at a gambler in Council
Bluffs.
Major CATHCAET, of London, was one of
the principal members of Gen. Frcmont's
expedition, which in 1s4S made winter
journey aero IS the plains to California, is