Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-12
MINOR TOPICS.

THE Louisville Cosrier Journal boils
down Mr.. AubbelI's circular to the follow
ing couplet
Fork over prompt Yours rs t., & Jsr HusBE1L."
Ir is stated that " Robson laughs till
the tears come into his eyes every time he
10 called a knave and . thief" Which
causes the Boston Post to suppose he
would lead tremendously hilarious ex-
istepce.
IT was a bad day for Egypt from the
accounts Of the initiation of the war fur
nished to the newspapers. By the way,
wouldn't it be interesting to inquire just
how many people understand what this
quarrel is all about?
A coLoRED student at the Hampton
normal school being asked to illustrate
the difference between the prefixes "pro"
and "con" gravely offered the two words
progress" and congress. Who now
dares to say that the colored people know
nothing Of what is going on?
MR. GEO. w. CHILDs, the Philadelphia
millionaire and publisher, oficiates as sex
ton at q Long Branch church. The in
spiration OF the beautiful poetry that
daily adorns the obituary column of our
esteemed contemporary, the Ledger. is at
Last clearly explained.
THOMAS n. MARSHALL is quoted as say
ing that Major Brown will not take the
nomination for supreme judge on recon-
structed ticket and, continued Mr.. Mar
shall, 81 would not vote for him or sup
port him If he did. am going to vote
for Silas Clark for supreme judge"
The Philadelphia Sunday Republic says
that Mr.. Pattison has not q single quail
fication for the position of governor except
that he is intelligent, has high school
and is honest" Which brings
out the neat retort from the Record that if
every Officeholder in the land had those
qualifications and no more the country
would be far better governed than it is.
But, it adds, what a lot of vacancies
would be created in our present model
civil service
MR.. LAUDER, the distinguished beer
vender, is once more hauled up before the
courts in Philadelphia for selling the Sc
ductive beverage on tho Sabbath, which
tho lynx-eyed Law and Order people de-
clare to bs not according to the stat
toots." Lauber proposes to bring matters
to test by fighting the several indict .
ments that have been brought against him,
on the ground that the beer he sells,
which is not lager beer but Bohe-
mian beer" while it may have the quality
to cheer, does not iDebriate. Here is a
with an alleged difference that
has much Of interest to the votaries of the
mug.
SENATOR STEWART and his confreres on
the Independent Republican ticket had
meeting last night in Philadelphia to con-
slider the proper course to pursue in the
movement for harmony in the lines. When
it is considered that Chairman Cooper's
" primary proposition was rejected as
clumsy snare by the willy candidates, who
had the additional council of such az
gressive spirits as Mckee. Wolfe, Reeves,
Earle, Leach and Barker, and that the
sentiment of the conference
demanded the withdrawal of all the Stal
wart candidates and the nomination of a
new ticket by new convention composed
Of delegates elected in accordance with the
rules adopted by the Independents at their
May convention, the prospects Of party
peace do not assume the most roseate hue
for those who are shouting harmony with
SO much vociferation. Mr.. Cameron is
not at all likely to assent to tho retirement
of Beaver, and as his state committee,
which meets to-day to devise means to
bring about a union Of tho factions. will
obey the desire of their Chief
tain, the way to peace may just as we'll DO
considered blocked. Let the warning
wings quit fooling and get down to work.
The discovery has been made of a
scheme palpably intended to give the Re-
publican bosses tighter grip on the post
Offices of Eastern Pennsylvania. 1t was
proposed to concentrate all the postofices
within radius of sixteen miles of Phila-
delphia under the management of tho city
office, from which clerks would be sent out
TO displace the present postmasters. The
affair was kept very quiet and the neces-
'ary orders we're about to bo issued. Hon
J. s. Pearce, of Ardmore, heard of the
plap and Immediately went to Washington
20 make full investigation. Congressman
aodshalk had heard nothing of the
scheme, was taken completely by surprise
and hardly knew what steps to take to
prevent it. He accompanied Mr.. Pearce
to the first assistant postmaster general,
when the former was informed that it was
the intention to put the plan into opera
ton. Mr.. Pearce demanded by what au-
thOrity it was done and wanted to know
whether the people of the district had
been consulted. Mr.. Hatton then said
there was no authority for it, but that the
department always acted upon what it
thought would be best for the service. It
is believed that now the project and its
purpose have been exposed it will not be
carried out