Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-05

aDle 10 Dedf Ciie lnteillgcnt ana truthful
testimony of an eye witness. and hi:
subject is certainly one of sufficient pop
ular interest here to entit!e him % Il re.
spectful popular hearing.
SENATOR JOHN STEWART is ciclitet
with the opinion that Beaver IS not :
Stalwart after all, and such opinions a!
his will gradually steer the independent:
into just the sort of acquiescence il
Beavers nomination that Cameron
wants. If Senator Stewart will iust eN
ercise his hindsight enough to lroE
back to the election of Mitchell and the
defeat of Davies, he may improve hi:
foresight to the advantage of himself
and his political friends.
BISHOP NAMELEss says the Bible is ;
ticklish thing that should not be tackled
1T is repoTted that the secretary OF wal
is "maybe presidential candidate young
man." One would suppose he had got a,
far as he could go on his fathers name.
Orr home college reopens for the win
ter term to-day, under very favorable
auspices and complete abstract OF, tho
scholarly address of Prof Dubbs, who Sc
ably fills the chair of history in the insti
tuition, is printed Oh the fourth page OF
to-day'S INTELILGENCEH.
SENATOR JOHN STEwAET, OF the Cont.
mental Independents, has all idea that
Gen. Beaver is not the real choice of tn.
bosses for governor and that Beaver has
been named for the purpose of bein. killed
off. Senator Stewart is entirely TO limo
cent
THERE is il suspicion in Wa.l,ins!o on
that, by announcing change OF heart re
garding Fitz John Porter's case, Grant ex
poets to get Democratic aid and comfort
in the project for his retirement Oh big pay
upon the army list. This may or may not
be cruel gossip
THE president is sail to ha worried
mentally and physically At the frequent
calls Of the Baltimore delegation in reia-
tion to the port collectorship. Thcrc is a
Blaine man in and he wants to shay in Just
as badly rs the Stalwarts want 10 gel hin,
out. If the president would OILY .n.i.
mate which faction lisgusts him il.c more
they might make it less diseustin., 70;
him.
Orr city school board meets this even
ing. Here are some nuts to crack liz the
annual report of the state superintendent,
the statistics reported to him by the city
superintendent set forth that of the school
houses in this city, IS in number, II have
injurious furniture IS arc without appa.
ratus worth mentioning; 800 children of
sufficient age arc supposed not to he in at
tendance upon school and 900 are in pri
vate schools. The local school tax is anon"
the iishtest in the state, in some boroughs
the levy running up to 13 and even Is mills,
here it is only three mills.
The Philadelphia Lcdycr, in speaking; of
Controller PattisOn's S canvass for governor,
says with some force: "They car be no
real friends o: the controller who arc seek
ing to make him the Democratic candidate
for governor. Mr.. Pattison cannot be run
for governor without damage to the pub
lie service of the city, and very serious
damage too. And bcsides-are his friends
SO needless of what should BE- his attitude
towards the people who have 50 faithfully
upheld him that they are willing 20 put
him in the position of turning his back
upon them?" The Ledger is not singular
in this view Of the case.
On our first page to-day will be found a
full report of the proceedings of councils
in both branches last evening, including
the propositions of the variens fire com
panies and the manner in which they
We're received and disposed OF. The city
legislators do we'll to get after the Globe
gaslight company for the manler in which
their lamps are working and being orkAd
Their performance of the contract is not
and for the same lc.,qon that
The 1NTELLIGENCEH always insisted upon
the local gas companies being held to 4
proper performance OF duty, We insiit
On this lamp company doing its w".!. right
Or being docked accordingly.
TRUST Parson }. P. Newman to scent
,ut good thing. He Was Grants MetLo.
list pastor in Washington and got dead
,ead tour around the world at the govern.
nent's expense on a useless inspection
# c0nsulates." He was transferred from
New York at the Methodist conference
leld last May and was not satisfied with
he change, and ever since there have been
umors of his getting a charge somewhere
nto which he could draw Grant and the
est of the shoddyites. 1t seems now that
% is to go into Congregationalism and |
AXE the Madison Avenue church, New
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