Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-10
THE new editor of the New York Word
is i fiery red-head. This is hopeful.

is fiery red head. This is hopeful.
Gov. BUFFERS private secretary obsti.
nately refuses to tell the legislative COM
mittee anything about the circumstances
under which the governor vetoed a certain
bill. He knows his rights aud has fit
sense of the proprieties.
THE railroads are carrying the war into
Africa on all sides. While the Pennsylva-
MIA is building it's new line from Philadel-
phia to Reading the B. & o. give assurance
that tho now line from Baltimore to Phila.
delphia will be put under construction
very soon.
1T is related that when Senator Cooper
Was in Virginia lately, arrangements we're
projected by the Reputation leaders of
that state, Gov. Cameron and Senator
Malone, to become financial and oratorcai
contributors to the next campaign in this
state. They will be welcome.
A CONTEMPORARY, whose specially is
not figures, reports that the new Christi
ana national bank has made 16 per cent.
profits in two months and balf These
announcements are calculated to make
people who happen to be loaded up with
the stock hold on to it, at least until they
are made offers of from $500 to 81, 900 per
share. But the effect upon borrowers
must be rather discouraging. Such rapid
financiering is apt to take the hide off.
THE Catholic Young Mems association
of New York has vigorously and deter
| minedly set about the good work of sup
pressing the vicious and demoralizing
practice, said to be common in Chinese
quarters of that city, of decoying' young
girls into their opium dens for the most
degrading purposes. 1t is said to have
grown to such proportions as to be blot
upon the social life of the city and, il
the natives cannot be purified, the papar
strangers can at least be prohibited from
disseminating new forms of dissolute.
ness.
THE completion of the great bridge be-
tween New York and Brooklyn has re
vived the project Of uniting these cities ir
one municipality. As mere matter o.
economy, people are beginning to ses
there is no reason in having two civic ad
ministrations for communities that, will
the completion of the East river bridge
are substantially one. 1t costs New Yorl
ten million dollars per annum for oficia
salaries alone, and Brooklyn pays in abou
tho same proportion the saving by tn
proposed combination, therefore, woult
be an advantage worth contending for.
The Benson Craig prosecution for Sc
duction and breach of promise in Phila
delphia, has ended, as probably more of it
kind should in its entire abandonment b!
the prosecutrix after defendant had sc
cured a rehearing. It will be remem
bered that young Craig had been convicted
and sent to the penitentiary for two
years and half, when a young man, VIII
had the besto reasons for knowing tina
the girl bad committed perjury, came for
ward to save tho prisoner and gave them
Craig was released, and when the matte
came up to be retired, the girls people
quit the field to save her from prosecutio,
for perjury, and Craig goes free.
SAMUEL II. REYNOLDS, ESQ.,, ''counse
for farmers and land owners in Lancaste
county" has had printed and distributed
among the members of the Legislature, al
argument against FREQ pipe line legislation
which he was prevented from orall,
making by sudden attack of sickness. L
is . comprehensive and lucid presentation
Of that side Of the question, backed b.
the citation Of numerous suthoriries, ani
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