Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-09

10 close to him as MI. CaSSluy wouiu
him with the unqualified
's contract referred to even without his
" knowledge" .-.
TIE governor has signed the bill to |
abolish sealers of weights and measures.
Buck Leibley must 60. His Office is
weighed and found wanting.
IT was Mr.. Snader, of New Holland,
and not Mr.. Snyder, of Lancaster, as re-
ported by telegraph yesterday, who wanted
to reconsider the Smulps hand book job.
We are glad to hear it.
THERE are delegations of Chippewas
and Malagassies in Washington now, and
thew are given a chance to contrast the
places where Washington is buried with
the place where Arthur lives.
SENATOR MYLIN's Lancaster city con-
stituents want to know when he proposes
to let out of the judiciary local committee
the bill to equalize the mayors and alder
mems fees in certain cases. If it Is to be
smothered by an unfriendly nurse let that
fact be known.
PROF. E. STONE WIGGINs will now
doubtless acknowledge that for such
prophet as he is there is neither honor in
his own land nor anywhere else. His last
failure Is the most melancholy of al. He
predicted that his great storm would begin
to-day and ''be very severe all over Europe
as we'll as America" To day is pretty
generally over the world, but the terrible
bluster of Boreas seems to be no where.
Ir will DO a great relief for the country
to know that we need not go to war with
Holland because of the sho. fired at tie
American steamer, Valencia by the Dutch
authorities at Curacao. 1t turns out to
have been owing to the failure of a
drunken policeman to deliver the Valen-
cia's pass to the fort authorities and to
the stupidity of soldier in loading the
gun with shot when only blank signal to
heave to was intended. The authorities
are contrite, an ample apology has been
made and "all's we'll that ends well.''
REV. Jos. Cook has been lecturing on
the seven modern wonders of the world,
which, to his erudite mind, are 1. The
| speed of communication between nations
2. Self reformation of the hermit nations
3. Advance of education and democracy
The moral confederation Of Christen
dom. 5. Triumphs of Christianity in tie
present century. 6. Current fulnlment ol
Biblical prophecy. Z. The establishment
of a supernatural spiritualism. The
newspaper people who are prone to classify
the Rev. Joseph among modern wonders
are contemptuously referred to by him as
ssthe cheap scribblers of the press"
STATE SENATOR COKE, who can be relied
on to be doing something sensible, wants
official information from proper sources as
to: '1st.-The amount Of tax levied by h
mercantile appraisers in each county for
each of the last ten years. 2i.-Tne
amount paid in each county and in each
year, for advertising the mercantile
aprr lisers' lists. 3d.-The other expenses
of collecting said tax for each year, and
for each county. 4th.-The amount
actually received by the state each year
from each county" When it gets these
startling figures and comparisons before it,
the state Senate will see the necessity sol
legislating On the mercantile appraisement
abuses.
| The fusion of Democrats aud Green
hackers in Michigan is complete. Ohio
proposes to vest its Legislature with full
control of the liquor business with power
to pass local option laws, and to levy a
special tax and to prohibit. The Georgia
Democrats will nominate Stephens success
sor on April 10th. A "Citizens Reform
boom for Spragus for governor has bsen
started in Rhode Island. The Civil Ssr
vice Reformers of New York declare that
| in view of the removal of Silas W. Bart,
ex-naval officer of that city, "and cec
tain other removals aud app )intmsnts
the course OF the administration up)n the
subject of reform is doubtful and uncer-
tain" On the whole Virgins Storm
seems to be confined to the politicians.
"PosrAL nooos," for the easy and chesI
transmission of money by mail, will bt
obtainable after Sept. 1. According tt
the design now in the hands of the en-
gravsr and printer this note is to be abou
as large as greerback. At the righ
hand are two columns giving the month";
of the year and the dates of twelve years
beginning with the present. At the left
hand are three columns of figures, repre-
senting dollars, numbering up to 4 dimes
numbering up to 0 cents, also numbering
up to 8; and each series ends with cipher
The postmaster issuing the note will
punch the month and the year, the mum
Der of dollars, dimes and cents in theil
respective columns, thus preventing any
alteration of the amount or date. By
this system the postal notes can be issued
| for from one cent up to o. 80. In buying