Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-24

,eeting Of the State Temperance Amend
,ent association yesterday compliment
az it on its work.
Irisa cold day for the man VINO mas
,ut his overcoat into the camphor chest
u the pawnbroker's shop.
THE empty pretentiousness OF Sam
,ox's candidacy for tho speakership is
,eveaied in tie claim he uow makes to
votes from Pennsylvania.
THE importation of horses and cattle
from Mexico into Texas has become very
significant feature of our southwestern
relations.
CHICAGO does not propose to be left
While New York is opening its big bridge
the metropolis Of the west opens its
national railway exhibition.
WHAT with the college and school ami
versaries in the East, the cyclones in the
West, the East River bridge in New York
and the presidential booms everywhere,
public excitement in this country sizes up
pretty we'll without Russian coronation.
THE colored people of the country who
have been long time making up their
minds to do their own voting propose to
hold national convention on Sept. Gath,
in Louisville. They may afford Henry
Watterson chance to get in some kind oi
a resolution for revenue only.
The Snorkeys and the Hoppers are the
respective names of two Philadelphia
baseball clubs. The Snorkeys are one
armed aud the Hoppers one-lsgged indi.
viduals, and they met one against the
other on the fields Of Brotherly Love yes
terday. There was some astonishing
maneuvring, but the proficiency, on th'
whole, of the MANNED players, is said t.
have been very marked.
In Kentucky, where the Republican
never win, they at least introduce SOM
political diversions. They opened thei
state convention yesterday with "Neare
my God, to Thee," sung by colore'
choir. The idea ought to commend itsel
to the versatile Cooper. Let him have hi
next state convention opened with "Bles
be the Tie that Binds, "sung by quartett
composed of Quay, Stewart, Magee an
Wolfe.
THE false prophet of SoudaD, who ha
been. making things active in that rathe
unenlightened land, has been brought t
sudden and effective halt by the khedive'
troops. led by Hicks Pasha, who figure
in the late Egyptian English embroglio
The prophet was defeated last month an
the khedive's soldiers intercepted his re
treat in the interior of Africa and az
complishcd the submission of the majorit
of the rebel chiefs. Yheir leader secure
the allegiance of his followers by his falls
assumption of divine attributes, and it
very likely when his true character
shown those who still remain with hii
will desert his standard.
THE Derby races, in England, came o
yesterday with the usual and time honore
display and big attendance. The weathe
was delightful, the horses of fine step an
good blood, and the jockeys the most e1
perenced, for tho Derby runners mus
have the best riders. Everybody wa
pleased except those who lost money, AN
the half of London and the inhabitants G
all the shires in England seemed to be in al
tendance. Englishmen cannot do withou
the Derby. The world might take Can
ada, Ireland, Iodia and all other depend
encies of Great Britain and the peopl
would philosophicaily resign themselves t
the inevitable but the run for the Derb
stakes would have to be made notwith
standing. These races are an institution
embracing in themselves the highest or
joyment of the sturdy British, which tn
people recognize and perpetuate by attend
ing in ribbons aud tucks, and the Hous
of Commons appreciates by adjourning.
Moscow, the "sacred white -walIe,
city," viii! Oh Saturday next be the thea
ire in which will be enacted an event o
more or less interest to the whole civilize'
world, the coronation of the czar of all 10
Russias. The tragic death of Alexande
II, predecessor aud father of the roigning
sovereign, and the manifest desiio o: tn,
present czar to postpone his coronation a
long as possible, together with the recen
attempts to externinate his Muscovitsl
majesty have excited public anticipation
to look for some final coup de main frou
the Nihilists, that will put to shame al
their previous efforts. No exertions hav
been spared to make tho ceremony one O
royal nagnificence, and the procession o
the distinguished party into Moscow OF
Tuesday doubtless We'd in gorgeous ina
gerry and Eastern splendor with tha
which preceded Lalla Rookh on her Jour
ney from Delhi to Cashmere. Tho reflec
ton suggests itself that the heavy expen
ditures entailed by the coronation nigh
be better used in amel iorating the con
dlticn of the moujiks. Or peasant class
who constitute 80 per cent. of the popula
tion, over 100, 900, 900 strong, and who ar
often hard pressed for the necessities O
life. Yet these down trodden and oppresse,
fanatics hold the czar in special reverenc
and awe, and esteem all other menarch