Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-10

weeks in sccurin. the kal,ierS OF the other
paper to accede to the compromise at al
amvunt which each of them said they
could pay, varying from live to ten per
cent. OF their liabilities By that means
they were all saved from ruin they ac
knowleiged tia. nuch 10 me and were
profu1e in their gratitude said they
wou!d never forget me, clc. Not only
did | Il" that, but when tie company was
formed | succeeded il getting 4 reso.u-
ton passed, agrecin, u give them stock
fer the an 9unt OF money each had pa!d.
Why THIS uta.uLiS:i 30 you?
These people ;.tle,,c thai they were t.
lave al interest in ;nc ASSETS proportion
a:e to the am3unt they had paid in, in
Guiding bu..d>; t..is IS not true. What 1
got the consent - s:y9 them w..s common
stock i'll tn" company, which stock they
| received
When wero y"il .!,,ilied that sl!: had
| been entered ;so,ain>C you?
"OI Saturday night af;er | had gone
homo AS have $ I'D in my answer | viii
d2Iy every ..,!cga:irn rejecting upon my
int gritty and OF the ni,;na cement Of tn,
| Pittsburgh ;Sru.li,ln .,!.yo-d while was
| president. Ti.cSc v'upIe imagine have
| t,.a q. III VI LiiOiAI SAO Va thii'
matter, and they feel t...y should have !
share. That is tn purpose of bringing
this suit, whereas The fact is that L have
lost MONEY. vii! take the public int
rly coItiv.t nee, Is :. Lroat man once said
AND say, without 1Ir of contradiction
that hlv. been very heavy loser. l
those people iilia.t This bill want al ac
colnc stated IN tl., nature of IL copartner
Let, ,,I ~ t.isJ
si:.rr of the lJsa2s j. will give IL;
account. The stock was Il donation ai.t
! when the a5>c,snHn.S Tcra - H.o none o
Ji'''A Yer" ever e .,'c,l r:pon t. lag d Lo:
'.... !. t!.r "y,' N..'s aclc :I.i:lIc ;Lc!,
wv'..:s ;3c c.:ns.!crAo!c l1uey coming t,
to prosecute this c..ar, !. y, Miller, o
Was..:: ,:rrt. >Juuty, anu .. A. johnson
Of this city, were stockho.,.crS. Mile
paid his prct.ata share, but Johnson CAV
Il second mortgage, from which, when tn
property va; sold, not one dollar was re
aliZcd."
From aIl .. which It VIII 10 inferre'
that Mr. Hopkins is slightly on the wa
path. At al. events he throws down tn
gun tlet to tic tilcls Of the bill, is willin
tn show up the ;lo:,,n,eats whereby it ca,
BE- shown who. il anybody, mado th
money.
A---
Ma!nem oldest -jcI.ipcrat.
Bi,i,!e:Orl Sentinel,
The Hon. Mark D3nnct, Il Tcspcote
resident OF kittery. Is now in the 9.tl
year of his age. Soon after starting tn
.SshtiAd last March, We received 81 frOr
him through the hands Of q neighDol
Last week we received Il letter from til
Old gentleman, written in plain busines
hand, which yc take tho liberty to copy
as follows
KlTT:Ry, Dec. IL, 1882.
JOhN NanacoIa, cSq-Dear Sir : When
took you: paper Thought 81 would pa
FOX it as long as / should live to read it
out AM still living and able to read
therefore please find another dollar here
with incloscI. Very respectfully, you
and yGur fathers and grandfatler's oil
friend. MARK DESNETT.
Age,i 96 years.. Aug. 23, 1882
Ia his younger days he bella many i'm
l,D. t;.ut Offices to tEc great credit OF him
svil n..,; !is town. He represented Tia
town Of K:!te-y in Tic Massachusetts Lee
iH:atu!c before Maine was set of as a seI
aTate s:ate IL 1920 We think he is the onl
su,viving Naino man OF whom this can h
said. lie has been Il firm and consistcn
, Democrat, and has attended noa,iy a
suH;n meetings through lis long lie, tax
ing u dec: interest ut all times IL publ!
| affairs