Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-21
A ROMANTIC STORY.
The vioissitudes of John q Knox.

Philadelphia Times.
A decision given in the Harrisburg court
yesterday by Judge Mcpherson, charged
Philadelphia with 81, ,O7722 "for the main
tenance of John G. Knox and Patrick
Donovan" sent to the state lunatic hos
pital by order of the Philadelphia
courts. What strange lesson of the vi
cissitudes of life. In 1916, John G. Knox
appeared as member of the House from
Tioga county, and his ability, courtesy
and skill as a leader, soon made him the
foremost man on the Democratic side. In
1S47, when the Wings had the House Knox
was also member, received his party vote
for speaker and led the minority with
masterly vigor and discretion. Soon after,
when several distinguished men had been
rejected by the Whig Senate for president
judge in Judge Whites district, Knox was
nominated and cordially confirmed. He
at once took high rank on the common
pl las bench. and in 1853 he was nOminat-
ed by the Democrats for supreme judge
and elected by 10000 over Thomas A.
Budd, of this city. He continued on the
supreme bentil January, 1853, when Gov
ernor Packer called him to the attorney
generalship. He served through Packers
term and also practiced law in Philadel
phia with Mr.. Webster. Some time after
his retirement from the attorney general
ship he exhibited unmistakable symp.
toms of softening of the brain and he lived
in Germantown for some years a: hopeless,
helpless inbecile until 1877 when he was
placed in the state asylum at Harrisburg
by order of the court. He was one of the
most accomplished and genial men and
the evening of once useful and promising
lifa is unspeakably sad.
A PhIladelphlan's Vest Pocket Addition.
The Legislature of Rhode Island has
been shaken to its base because of an at
tempt upon the part of a we'll known
Philadelphian to purchase a part of the
state. Recently Mr.. Joseph Wharton, of
the Safety switch company and the Cam
den Nickel works and Gap mines,
bought site for a villa near
Jamestown, beautiful little place
in Narragansett bay, opposite Newport.
Here he proposed to erect a magnificent
summer mansion. There was bar to the
project, though. Peeping OUT from the
white crested waves, directly in front of
the lot, stands a big rock. This has been
decorated with patent medicine signs,
toothache drops, est. Jonah's gout cor
dial," etc., and all sorts of things
that please tradesman but are
odious to a person seeking to
beautify his place. Therefore, Mr..
Wharton asked the Legislature to cede
him the rock and in return he would give
the state $25. The debate was fierce, and
Mr.. Adams, rising to the dignity of the
occasion, said: g l think the state is small
enough now, and I object to selling this
rock to any man in Philadelphia. After
an hours debate the yeas and nays were
called, and Mr.. Wharton was awarded a
slice of Rhode Island.
Tho Stress of Weather.
The ice in the connecticut river has not
yet broken up, and is strong enough near
Hartford to bear heavily loaded teams.
The river has been closed for SO days and
been crossed by teams for SO days in sue
cession, the longest period in 20 years.
Owing to snow blockade no trains arrived
at Quebec between Monday morning and
Tuesday evening.
The ship Larnaca. at New York, from
Antwerp, reports that on the 10th inst.
she fell in with the bark Sarpien, from
Philadelphia, for Bremen, "in a most
perilous condition" She took off the
captain and crew of the distressed vessel
and set fire to the abandoned hulk.
The steamer Nottinghill, which arrived
at New York yesterday, rescued the crew
of the bark General Circh, from Liverpool
for Halifax, which was fast in the ice,
with ports stove and six feet of water in
the hold.
Reports from Des Moines, Iowa, state
that the apple orchards in that section
have been killed by the severe winter.
A Perversion OF Charity.
Philadelphia Record.
The bill extending the time for closing
the soldiers orphans schools has been
favorably reported in the Senate. This
bill is mere jobbery. 1t is perversion of
charity to 60 on with the soldiers
orphans schools after the supply of sol
diers' orphans has been exhausted.
LAZY KInRENa:E nlYIG