Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-17
OCTOBER


CAV October, mad october
Dancing midst the falling leaves,
Singing round the heaped.up sheavus,
Laughing, laughing, never sober
Comes no thought OF sadness DER thee
For the brig Int days gone before thee
For the dark ones coming after?
Two of New York's most desperate
criminals simultaneously shot each other
with fatal effect in saloon bravl yester-
day. Tho community thus loses two of
its most dangerous citizens and the state
is saved the expense of lengthy murder
trial.
ABou Ben BUTLER was thought to have
captured the Greenbackers of tho Bay
state, but this appears to have been mis-
take. They are such an insignificant
handful, however, that rare old Ben will
not lie awake o nights much regretting
their decision.
THE retirement of General Sherman
from the command Of the army involves
changes all along the line of officers. Old
Tecumseh with kindly consideration for
his fellow officers has determined to re.
linquish his position in November instead
OF February, when his official term expires,
as il will be more convenient for the Off.
GERS to make the necessary removals that
their new positions will entail in the
autumn thaa in the depth of midwtntcr.
Too much praise cannot be given for the
delicate thoughtfulness for the comfort OF
others which Inspires this line OF conduct
"THE moral sense can never be made
to rise up against the mere having ol
drinking of wine or whisky as it does
ayainst drunkenness and drunkard max
| ing. Ii may be natural for the prOhibi
| zionist, in his fierce wrath, TO lose sight
OF this distinction, and in deep abhorreucc
OF the curse of intcmpcrance, to wish, by
ole stroke of the law, TO sweep out OF
existence the material substance which
the drunkard drinks aud the rumseler
sells. But, all the same, the great law
remains that nothing more may safely be
prohibited than the thing itself which is
to be prohibited, aud that whatsoever
goes beyond this is ultimately injurious
aud not beneficial. The certainty OF q
reaction sooner or later the debauching
ald demoralizng of the moral sentiment
o! the people, which is the real, ultimate
source Of all prohibiting energy and
power, and the bringing about thus Of a
lass state of alfnirs worse than the first :
such are some of the dangers which at
tend the attempt to make a prohibition
stronger than it may legitimately be
made. Rec. j. SDdnglsr Kiefer.
Two recent fires, one At the door OF {
New FORK theatre imperilliug the lives 0
q large audience, and the other in
Waterbury Comm public school, ca
fresh attention to the necessity of takin
efficient precautions against this devastat
ing element. Buildings claimed to be fir
proof go up in smoke like tinder boxes
aud at the recurrence of each fresh calam
ity, now plans are devised which thei
authors assert ensure absolute safety
The latest claim of this kind is wit
|
the new Adelphi, which was destroyed b
fire less than a year ago. The Who'll
auditorium and all the supportin
parts of tho present structure ar
Of iron, protected hy fiberous plaster
The landings aud steps which form th
floor are OF concrete,7 inches thick, and a
the ceilings are in concrete. The staiI
cases are of brick with concrete steps, au
8 are wide enough aud numerous enough I
, afford ready exit to large audienc,
Even the division of the boxes is Of COZ
crete. In fact, there is no woodwoI
. whatever in the theatre. 4 solid wa
: separates the stage from the pros3sniu
!, with an opening 40 feet wide OF thes
safety provisions the wide staircases a
Il probably the most important, as mo,
casualties result from inadequate means
exit in a panic than from actual fire
> FIRES fortunately are few, but the pos
bility of panic is never absent.