Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-27

the best order. And what is SO mani
festly their duty and their interest
should not be left undOne by neglect.
NUMBER 1G in the cremations at old Dr..
Lemoyne's furnace out at Washington,
this state, was the body of three year old
boy, whose remains were reduced to ashes
in two hours and shipped to the relatives
in New York, the ceremony being entirely
devoid of religious services. 1t was the
first child ever cremated at the Lemoyne
retort.
WE are glad to be told by our esteemed
contemporary, the Philadelphia Press, of
the prosperity that has attended it's eDter,
prise during the past year, its circulation
and advertising patronage having kept
pace with its strides in the domain of
active and wide-awake journalism. Tie
vigorous editorial direction that has dur
ing the period indicated controlled the
Press gives it front rank among the
metropolitan newspapers of the country,
and the financial success that has crowned
the year is in every sense justly won.
LONDON has scarcely dismissed from its
mind the scandalous tragedy at Houuslow,
with its perjury, its disgraceful inquest,
prolonged for weeks amid boots and jeers
and Kisses and it's terrible verdict, when
new horror comes in the form Of the corpse
of starved girl bent in the form of an S,
crammed into starch box and left at a
carriers office by men of whom 10 trace
can be found. 1888, not yet month old
is already prolific with events Of floods,
fire, explosion, collision and muider. Is it
to lie an Annus Mirabilis of horrors
The policy of partial suspension Of
mining, which had been decided upon by
the coal operators as 2 means Of eq;laiiz.
ing the supply and demand for the an
thracite product is occasioning some
annoyance to propTiotors of furnaces built
on the lines of the railroads, which, being
accustomed to receiving almost constant
supplies, are unprovided with storage
capacity for the large quantities Of coal
they are required to use. Just now many
of the companies are very short of coal
and the restriction OF the output has re-
quired deal Of good management to keep
the concern young. The increase OF last
years product over that Of the previous
corresponding period was between GOO 0OO
and 700, 600 tons.
CREpENcE is given to the report that
Mr.. Jay Gould, who is reputedly the
owner of the New York World, is anxious
to dispose Of his journalistic enterprise,
and that the McLeans and other parties
in Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis are
negotiating for the purchase of the news
paper which Gould is said to hold at a
valuation of s35O,0OO. There is some
haggling over the price, Mr.. Gould
having originally demanded s5OO,eOO for
the property and franchises, which in
clude vote in the associated press. One
report has it that if the McLeaus succeed
in acquiring the paper George Alfred
Townsend {" Gath - is to have editorial
charge of it, though, this is not credited
in certain quarters. 1t is generally be-
lieved that the World has not been finan-
cial success, the recent lowering of tie
price and extensive advertising having
failed of its purpose to build uo its circu-
lation and increase it's patronage.
The present condition of religion and
education in Ireland shows that there are
practically four great religious bodies in
that country, the Catholic, the Protestant
Episcopal, the Presbyterian and the
Methodist churches. The Catholic church
is still, as it always has been, the domi.
nant religious community in Ireland. Its
members numbered, according to last
years census, 5000, ,s91, or 7e. "a per cent.
of the whole population. Protestant Epis-
co palians numbered $50 ,574, or 12.3 3e per
cent; Presbyterians, 40, 734, or 90 per
cent and Methodists, 4s, ,s39, or little less
than per cent. The proportion of Cath
olics to the population has declined since
1861 more than per cent, and still shows
slight tendency to decline. The pro.
portion of EpiscOpalians shows a nro.