Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A LATE MISCELLANEOUS AssoRrMEN
Tho Varied Happenings Which Uccurro d
Yesterd.y-A Prohibition Parry's

Tho Varied Happenings Which Occurred
Yesterd.y-A Prohibition Parrys
Action In Philadelphia.
The Prohibition Hcme Protection party
of the county and city Of Philadelphia,
held its convention in assembly building
yesterday. There were present twenty
one men and three women. DR.. A. c.
Petit was elected permanent chairman.
The nominees for state officers chosen at
the Pittsburgh convention, May 3Oth,
were endorsed, AZ follows: State treasur-
er. Ira 3. Howard, of Venango; state
auditor, J. r. Fordham, of Of Lackawanna.
For the municipal Offices to be
filled in November next, the conven-
tion nominated Hiram Do Walt for con-
troller, DR.. Samuel Daggy for coroner, E.
NJ Cayne for clerk of quarter sessions
and T. Warren O'Neill for district attor-
ney. The platform adopted declared that
the movement is made to effect a reform
that other parties have proved themselves
inadequate to perform, and favored such
reform in public instruction as wOuld
indoctrinats the children in the principles
of total abstinence and prohibition.
The Home Protection party of Camden
yesterday nominated E. Amber Arm
strong for Assembly in the First district,
and Robert Bingham of the Second. Both
nominees are from the Republican party.
Enoch Pratt Monday afternoon executed
deed of the prODerty of the Pratt fres
library, on Mulberry street, Baltimore. to
that city, ald gave his check for $S35. 33553,
80 to be invested in city bonds for the
support of the library. The building is
nearly finished and tho books will be
ready for uso as soon as the interior is
ready to receive them.
William II. Vanderbilt has added
500, 600 to tho endowment fund of the
Vanderbilt university at Nashville, max
ing the total 500. 900 The annual inter-
est of the last donation will be applied to
the support of a technical school in con.
nection with the school of mining and
education.
Bids for tho construction of the new
naval cruisers were opened Monday at the
navy department. There were only four
bidders for each vessel. The contract will
probably be awarded to John Roach, who
is the lowest bidder at the following fig
ures For the Chicago, $3.50 900 Boston,
5000 Atlanta, s6l7 900; and tho
Dolphin (the dispatch boat), s315, 600.
Forty seven bicyclists started Monday
morning from Windsor, Ontario. on "a
TOUR CurOuRu Cdudud VIII Ot. 1No"sso,
Goderich, Stratford, Brantford and To
ronto to Niagara Falls. Tho party includes
wheelmen from Detroit, Chicago, Mil
waukee, Louisville and other American
cities.
Baseball yesterday At St. Louis st.
Louis 1, Athletic Q Brooklyn Brooklyn
3, Yale college 2; Boston !: Boston 6,
Providence ! Detroit Detroit 5, Cleve-
land Is; Cincinnati g: Metropolitan 4,
Cincinnati 3 (twelve innings) Louisville:
Allegheny 4, Eclipse 10; Philadelphia
New York Z, Philadelphia 6.
Articles of association of the " People s
Railway Company of America, "were filed
Monday with the secretary of state at
Indianapolis, aud will, it is said, be filed
with the secretary of the interior at
Washington. The capital of the concern
is stated at s175 100000.
Sunday was the 10Th anniversary of the
confederation of the British North Ameri-
can provinces. Yesterday was SGT apart
by proclamation as holiday and observed
as Confirmation Day through the Do
| minion.
1t is said that the Bethlehem steel mill
| will be started next Monday and only
workmen will be employed who will sever
| their connection with the Amalgamated
| association.