Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-05

fNeAfA tlVs>stN4 wv ~ dulOunleu 10
Sss go IS, weeJsAS tor iSS2 they are put
2Cer a. 50 ~ 81. This remarkable
sn,=S&st rcQuircs explanation aud may
1sesia tie attention of the next grand
SSyr.
In view Vt the unexpected increase Of
. expenses exhibited by the county hnan-
Cal statement the commissioners do not
tevl entirely confident of paying of 500.
80 Of the county debt the coming year,
although they are sanguine of liquidat-
} ing S75. eco Of il. During the past year
they redeemed some sl7 900, which, with
the redemptionS made during the first
year Of the terms of the present board
makes S25, 600 already paid 10y it. The
fact that the county can stand an in.
crease OF $4,000 in expenditures and ye.
pay of 900 Of the bonds confirms the
/ objections which the lNTELLIGENCER
made at the beginning OF the year to a
three mill tax rate. While money can
be borrowed 50 readily at four per cent.
or less, it is not necessary to levy 50
| heavy a tax to pay of the entire debt
( in two or three years. The county has
public buildings 20 last for generations,
and is not likely to be subjected to any
extraordinary expense in the near
future. With economical management,
= two mill tax rate could provide for
its current expenses, and the levy of
more than this for this next year will
/ properly be viewed with suspicion.
- - -
THE salary Of the tipstayes, ptr GI,H
is the same as that OF county commits.
sioucr.
Tue county paid $500 last year for
'dismautling fish pots. " And the vii.
hIu still purSucs her"
! MNICRNrIOS statistics show a decrease
10 the number Of arrivals for 1883 OF -
per cent. as compared with those OF isS!
/ Ofthe 3sS, 81 strangers, nearly one half,
or $4,000, came iIOm Germany.
The yastueSs Of the Uultcd States is
recalled when in the same paper is read
the account OF great snow storm in the
West and the report that watcrmeloDs,
figs and pears are ripeuing in Texas.
To all thai seek thee bear an open heart.
| Make not lhy breast a labyrinth or tgUp:
II trials come, this VIII make good thy part
/ For honesty = safe come what can han
| II Is the good mans feast the prince OF now.
which ,hrives I'm storms. amt smell, bcs, after
showers
-IougIau.
IT was claimed that under the tariff act
/ pissed b. the last Congress a reduction
of s5j 600, 900 in taxation would take
/ place. Returns for six months indicate
that the reduction for the year will not be
/ s35, 100000. There is plenty of room here
for the pruning knife Of Randall aud the
| appropriations committee.
| For those who are advocating govern
msut telegraph and government railways,
the example of France, now dispDsing of
its state owned railways may be pointed
t., Surrounded as she is with w4rlike
nsishbors, it is hardly problbI, that
France would give up that which would
b. 50 useful IN the event OF STRIFE u4lcss
she finds that government railway lines do
not pay.
An enterprisiug Chicago paper. the
Inter ocean, publishes a list OF the eligible
bachelors Of that city, with a Orief sketch
OF their character, bank accounts. etc,
for the baueht Of the ladies' desiring TO
take advantage Of their leap year privilege
Ihis bold watering OF the journalistic soil
will doubtless produce goOdly crop Of
| libel suits aud hors, whlpptugs tor The
yenturesomo editor.
ImIs morning probably witnessed the
seveTest cod felt in this section during the
present winter. The thermometer from
all poi-t5 shows the bitterest kind Of cold
weather the mer,ury in Iowa, Wisconsin,
Illinois and Minnesota ranging from 20 to
80 degrees below zero. Much suffcrin,
must result to the poor aud homeless
from the severe weather, unless those who
have in abundance endeavOr to relieve the
misery that knocks at the door for assist.
auCe.
, PLrrIONs are in circulation represent.
ilg to councils tue Inconvenience uuCer
E winch the many people who have u use
the narrow streets and alleys not reached
( by tue electric light will labor Il the street
lamps needed for them be dispensed with,
u and tho prospect is that councils will have
{ avery serious problem to consider in d..
; trrmluiug how the city is to meet the ex
l penso OF thc electric light and at the same
time provide for the just demands of tax.
payers aud property holders who arc not
accommodated by it
riN ChiIdTen burned to Death
The dwelling Of J. n Carver, au en-
pOyoe OF tho Keystone oil company on
Kansas Branch, near Duke Cvutrc, Pa.
caught lire from over pressure OF gas while
Mrs. Carver was out aud in few minutes
1t was lah in ashes. Their four little
children, aged from one to six years, were
lett in tho house aud all persisted 10 tho
, flames.
Early yesterday morning, near Mech,n.