Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-05


sion and which the Democrat accepted,
nothing but most ultra partisanship is
expected from him.
TIE Lawrence cornty Democrats nomi-
nate Randall for president. They seem to
bs under the erroneous impression that
this years state convention will elect dele
gates to the next national convention.
WITH the aid of Mr.. Huggard's own
vote 10 the board of poor guardians, Phil
ahelphia, he has finally been defeated for
re election, and Mr.. Elw. Hoffman, an
Independent Republican, succeeds him.
1t was anything to boat Husgard''-
simply because ho had voted for Hancock
That chicken will coma home to roOst.
STATE TREASURER BAILy had Ou hand
on Saturday nearly two million dollars in
the general fund, exclusive of the odd
millions in the sinking fund. 1t was
scattered AROUND among the favored de-
positories of tho treasurer, including a
snug two hundred thousand at the Kemble
concern in Philadelphia. Aud this. too,
despite the law that whenever the balance
is over $500, 900 the surplus must 90 into
the sinking fund, where, under the Humes
law, the moneys are hereafter to be in
vestei in Interest bearing bends. TIE
fine contempt with which the Republican
n Ia la khno S,,1, @
is All ample issue for the coming cam
pa'gn.
The governor has vetoed bills to reduce
the capital stock of corp)ratiOns and
to authorize incorporated companies to
detormine the number Of directors. lie
also vetoed the bill to abolish the offi,s of
jury commissioner, imposing its duties on
county commissioners, and in some cases
they to call in the judges lie thinks it
is doubtful whether the change would he
beneficial on tho score Of economy, for as
long as tho compensation of county com
missioners is not in the form of i salary
thoy would get their per diem compensa
tioa for this work just rs jury commits
81 .ncrs do But tho bill is fatally d efec
tvs in that it Is in cnntraventiOn Of section
of article 3. of the constitution. 1t seeks
to revive the act of 1884 by its title. and
does not set forth at length what provi
sions of that act arc to bs revived and re.
enacted.
THE undisputed applicant for the liar s
jackknife writes from Morehead, N. G..
Without establishment, his story is that
three year old girl sojourning there,
enaciated with fever, was carried up in
the air by 4 string of toy balloons that
had been tied to her waist to amuse her.
Floating in the clouds, with Outstretched
hands, tho little angel could bs heard dis.
tinctly calling Mamma, mamma,
mamma until her voice became drowned
by tho whstling Of the winds. All the
men at the hotel started out in boats, for
the little one was drifting to sea-" Provi.
dentially one of them had rifle, and
"God ordained " that he should make
such shot as would release some of the
balloons their force decreased, tho child
dropped gradually from height of 400
yards into sand bank and was "saved,
saved, saved" Obviously they think
down at Morehead that the First of April
comes on the Fourth of July.
JOHN r. MCCUNE, who was selected as
umpire by the trade tribunal of railroad
coal miners and operators Of Pitts
hureh, under tho Wallace law, has filed
Ills award. lie compromised their differ
ences by making the reduction of wages
less than had been proposed and decree-
ing that the price paid for mining should
ho 3! cents per bushel of 76 pound for all
coal running over ono half inch screen and
that nothing be paid for nut coal and
stock. The miners representatives said
they were entirely satisfied with the de-
cisiOn aud would continue to work. Tho
operators are dispose not to accept the
settlement. This is the first time strike
has been averted by arbitration in this
state /; but those who have watched this
attempt say that the trade tribunal plan
will be generally adopted to settle differ
ences in the future. The miners are
quoted as saying that they agreed in
good faith to accept the umpire's decis-