Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-17
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The New York Sun rars Mr.. Brew
ster over the knuckles for deeming it
necessary to apologize so often for bis
official conduct. Referring to the attOr-
ney generals attempt to excuse himself
to the public for proposing to participate
in the Star Route prosecution, our lum-
inous contemporary intimates that the
only real ground for criticism o. Mr..
Brewster s course is that lie has not done
half as much in the cases US he promised
at the outset. ..
The editor OF tho Ashta6ula Sentinel
begs subscribers who have remarkable
fish stories 10 print to send their fish TO
his Office al exhibits. He would believe .
fish weighA six pounds If he had it in
hand sooner than be would the declara.
ton Of two fishermen that it weighed thir-
tecn pounds. six ounces, ON the scales.
Our in Evansville, Ind, according to
tho. Courier Journal correspondent, the
theory is not yet exploded that the pupils
Of q murdered persons eyes bear tho face
and figure of the murderer. A photo
graph was actually taken Of the eyes Of
one Of tho victims Of the recent triple
murder, g but" as tho correspondent ex.
presses it, '' without satisfactory result. ~
NEXT til tho movements Of road agents
those Of editors arc watched with jealous
suspicion by Colorado reporters. Says the
Denver Tribune mau !: Mr. +. II. Allison,
editor Of the Georgetown Courier is in
the city getting his hair cut. Mr.. N. P.
Babcock, Of the Guunison Ne,cs- Democrat,
is also in town having some dental work
done.
ANoTMgis famous English library is
soon to y, brought t" the hammer in
London. ieinS the collection at Townclcy
Hall in Lancashire, which was made
chiefly il the seventeenth century. 1t
contains many manuscripts. Certain
transcripts whicl, Christopher Townelcy
made two hundred and more years ago
are said to have proved mines OF infor,ma,
tion to later antiluaries and historians.
THE fear has bcen lately expressed that
lawn tenpis is degcnerating into purely
masculine game. Tho fashioned
"volleys'i require maiu strength and reach
of arm, ahd are too much for the tende,
muscles Of the weaker sex. II, rs now
seems probable, young girls are estopped
from using tennis as ALI afternoon diver.
sion, nothing but croquct will bs left 70,
tue combined outdoor entertainment Ol
young men aud maidens. This horrible
contingeocy should be averted by prompt
return to the simple rules of tho game
Let baseball and cricket suffice for harsh
,infceling man, and take not from lovel,
woman O,e good means Of arriving ut 8
healthy physical development. -.
The Thirteen Club again comes to the
foro in tue steamboat collision of Ba,
Ridge. The day was tho thirteenth of til,
month, aud, according to custom, the uli-
lucky number Of guests, who have sur
viyed eight occasions, were to eat theil
dinner at ono Of tho beach pavilioDs OF
this OCCASION. A number Of them wert
Oh board of the imporiIled boats, goot
chance Of spOiIiuS their numbers aud theil
plaus. But they catno all right to shore
and filiol threo tables with thirteen al
each. Thirteen toasts wero given, in
cluding one to an absent member, Pfesi
dent Al thur, "whoso veto Of superstitio,
is attested by his membership of tn
club"