Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-16

almost exactly in the centre OF the state
:: and therefore, as far away as possible
from any other states line, over which
our neighbors could look and point in
scorn. to such an abortion of state COL
lege.';
SPEAKING of the release by one
Brooklyn Judge of Il lot of contnmaciOus
aldermen committed by another, the
Press says, "Some. political judge. like
Judge Pratt, can usually be found to
help men who are in Jail for doing ring
work. Such things have happened be-
fore.
TIE Cameron people are developing
such admiration for 1" a Christian gen
tlcman that there may yet be a chance
for literary feller.
THE kcnnett I0rance floats the name OF
Blaine OF Maine as its presidential pre-
ference for 1894.
THE Washington correspondents having
concluded that Brewster has a better car
riage than the president may yet find out
that he is bigger man all around.
WHAT means this remarkable rroclama-
ton from Field Marshal Halsteai's Cin
cinnat C0mmeycsa1. "The mourning
season and the honeymoon of the Arthur
administration are over. Now we come
to busincSs.'
A MAINE judge has sustained The will of
Horatio n. Foster, deaf mute. seventy
! sig years old, who could neither read,
write nor usc the manual alphabet. The
will, which was made by rantomm',
deviscs 900 Only one similar ease was
ever tried il. the United States, and that
was in North Carolina. Certainly il :.
! mute can acquire an estate lie ought 20 be
! allowed 10 will il in his own way
TIE Wilmington Morning Ntsrs appears
| to-day under the management of the Mars
publishing company, the control Of tl!c
late partnership of Conrad & Pennypackcl
ccasiny with saturdays issnc. 1t has
been considerably enlarged and is ROW
sold fer tw" cents per copy, instead OF
! ona cc:it n heretofore. The new manage
mc.,t promises that it shall measure up tr
the standard Of the most cnterprisinw. and
! best newspapers in the coun.ly.
TIE outcome of the .ury's deliberations
| in The case of Robert Lister Smith, charged
with >!.ooti:ig Statesman Samuel Joscphs
III i,r loot. was 4 special verdict acquit
| ting him Of any intent to kill, finding that
| he did the Shooting i'll a spirit OF Grolic,
| "ani Ieavin., the court to decide as q
matter OF law whether such ;rnlicscme
| conduct toward 4 man in whose company
he WAS and nn whose wine he ha.: got
drank was inisllernea:inr.
! EA-SrEAKEit RANDALL is credited wish
the remark that no fight ought to hat.
! been made against P:.tt;sun. There
! sl.oulh lie 4 solid delegation i,r lin. Il; he
can't he elected governor no DemocEa,
can. lie Is the strongest man III the state.
! If PcHns. yaiiia should elect !, Democrat ic
governor, it would settle the presidential
question OF 1884 in favo. Of oar c#iuii,Iatr.'
| All this is worth thinking about; 1t is
pretty we'll known over the state that Pat
tiSon is n,,iie the less u Democrat bcc"uS1
liz is considerable of Il Rcfnrmer.
WnFE liovisi,Hi was made for the
! taking OF tho census it WAS fixed thai
three millions of dollars be limited a, the
maximum cost, exclusive OF printing; anta
engraving, land i: shall no: be lawful '"i
the secretary Of the interior or the super.
;nten'lent. al; the census TO incur any ex-
rai.se or obligation whatever in respect ia
said cers.iS in excess of that sum-" Up Ia
,iatr$4, i2J, coo have been appropriated and
I.any more hundreds OF thousands are t.,
be asked !nr. The range of supplementary y
i.lrrm2;ir.! nov being sought ant! causing.
extra expense is so extensive that Slspic-
ions a,c aroused Of its being hunted up for
the sake Of spending the appropriation a..i
rn.l;io. ing clerks.
Tni;>Cs have come to :: pretty pass, in
deed. when it is said tile president only
hcsitaies t., make Sargent secretary Of tic
interior because conc of the things Mr..
AriiIu. " isilcs to avoid is the criticism oi
tsic New York .Cun Mr. Dana has always
been friendly with the president, and his
| newspaper has always spoken well of him.
Tie ,Snn likes the Stalwarts of bu.:, par
ties, and in New York Mr.. Conk!in9 and
his friends have almost always had it's
countenance. OF late the .SHn has been
threatening detection if Sargent shall lie
appointed to the interior department.
That and other threats have cat SCI the
president to pause, and the pause may tu.,,
out to be fata! to the aspirations of the
OK senator from California. Verify the
.SNN shines for AL.
II now seems plain enough from his uNn
testimony that the brakeman on the n.
y. c. & Ii. r. train which was burned
the ether day consulted his own ease in
stead Of the rules of the company and tho
safety of those ON board. Instead OF
going back TO 4 proper distance he walked
the length of seven or eight cars instead
of going as far rs the time would allo ",
he walked Cor few minutes and then
stopped and as he admits having taken