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plan came to nothing. stephens wanted to-
keep on aud TO fill GMticld's place Harry
Smith, the journal clerk Of tho house, was
taken. Very soon aftcrward stephens was
elected governor Of Georgia, and went
away never TO come back With his do
partuio the scrics dropped, ho and Frye
still ahead, Last winter several senators,
including Messrs. Iluar, Frye, Shormnu,
Morrill,, Warner Miller, Aldrioh aud others,
made up club aud played often, but II Ia
not continued sherman is ouc Ut the best
players in tho Senate. Senator Bayard
likes To take hand, but he has not the
book know ledge that somo of his brother
senators boast Of But tho critical soion.
tists ON this subject arc not 80 numerous
~ they wcru IN the Senate a few years ago,
when bali the members were noted hauds
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25
THE TONOUIN TROUBLE.
INTERVIEW wIrs MARQUIS rsEso.
Tho tiory Diplomat Declares That tho Gap
turo OF Bso Ninh elves the rrench
No Advantage.

No Advantage.
The first and only uttcrauce of opinion
on the Tonquin question which has been
made from the Chinese side since the cap
'urc "i Fac Mini 10y General Millot was
made to a cable news correspondent by
Marquis Tseug, tho Chinese ambassador
at Paris. The veteran diplomat was as
fiery and vigorous as ever aud his manner
no loss than his language implied the
utmost confidence in the ability of China
to hold her own against the French, not
withstanding the temporary success Of the
latter. lie vas asked first as to the effect
upon the situation OF the fall of Bac Mini
and he replied promptly:
1t has not affected the situation in the
slightest degree, as far as China is con
cerned. The French are practically as far
from the Chinese frontier as they were the
day before they entered Bac Mini, and it
is not likely that they will ever get much
nearer"
How do you account for the easy cap
| ture OF Bac Mini by Gen. Millot p
" IL was not n capture, IL was simply an
evacuation by the Black Flags OF place
| that was uuessential strate gically and its
occupation by the French"
" Where will the next stand against the
advance Of the French be made ?''
" The French papers are now talking
very confidently of their expected capture
of Hung llOa and announcing that that
will be the end of the campaign, etc.
Well, they have not captured Hung Hoa,
and IT is certain that they will not do 50
without q struggle in comparison to which
the previous contest will seem trivial. IL
is at Hung llOa, ii the French attack that
place, that the first real engagement Of
the campaign will DO fought. The town
is strongly garrisoued, not by Black Flags,
but by well drilled soldiers of the regular
Chinese army, and il the French are to
get possession of it they must bring a
larger force and display better generalshiT
than they have shown IN any OF these pre-
liminary affairs -
What about the indemnity Of $50, 900
600 francs or more, which 1t is reported
France is preparing to demand from
| China ?'
IL have received no intimation of the in,
tention on the part of France to make
such q demand, and | cannot believe that
France seriously entertains the idea oi
asking us to pay for losses or expenses
incurred rs the direct results of her own
| aggressious. Ii such q demand be seri
ously made it will lead forthw with to open
warfare, in which China will be formally
arrayed against France, with ev,ry al.
vantage OF numbers aud position in favor
of the former"
at has been reported that you have
asked to be rec Illed from your diplomatic
post in France. Is that true ?"
There is not a word of truth in that
report, aud in that respect it is like most
of the news that is printed 10 these con.
scienceless little papers in Paris, from
which everybody who is not Chinamau
seems to get his information regarding the
whole Joaquin business"
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STEALING A JUDGES wATon.


A few days ago President Judge Hare,
Of common pleas No, 2 OF Philadelphia,
reporte to the police that his watch,
worth $500, had been stolen, as he thought
at the theatre or on street car going
homo from the theatre. Detective Weyl
undertook to recover the time piece. On
Saturday, while he was preparing to 90 to
New York in search of it, he received a
letter which read "The article that you
are in search of will come to you ON Mon
day" The letter was postmarked New
York. 1t was not dated or signed.
Mr.. Weyl did not make the jour
ney he contemplated. He waited
in the district attorneys Office
for something to turn up. At little past
II, as he was talking with gentleman, a
little boy, with blue eyes and blonde hair,
wearing dark suit little the worse for
wear and natty round hat, rather old
too, came in and inquired for him. "Here,
my boy, am Mr.. Weyl," said the detec.
tive; "have you anything for me ?" "Yes,
sir; was told to give you these things"
The boy placed q little box and letter in
the officers hand and hurried out without
another word. The detective retired into
an inner room and opened the letter. 1t
was anonymous and read "Here is the
article you were looking for" The detec,
tive opened the box. Reposing within 1t,
upon q bed of new cotton, was Judge
Hare's gold watch. ut was no doubt
taken by professional thief" said Mr..
Weyl afterward, "probably one on his
way between New York and Washington.
Nearly all valuable things in the nature
of jewelry that are stolen are sent to New
York to be disposed Of"
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THE rROPA0ASIJA,
humored CODhscatiOn OF the AmeTlCs 4
college In Rome.

kumUred SoDhscatiOn OF the AmeriCsn
college In Rome.
II is stated upon high authority that no
authentic information has yet been receiy
cd in regald to the rumOred intention of
the Italian government to sell the property
OF tue American college at Rome. The
property forms but small part of that
belonging to the Propaganda and it is said
that there IL no ground for the statement
that IL will be the Arst sold. DIR. John G.
Shea, we'll known historian of the Catho
lie church in this country, claims that
IT Is the duty of the United States govern
ment to defend so much of the Propaganda
property at Rome as belongs to or was
contributed by American Roman
Catholics. He bases this opinion upon
historical precedents both in the case OF
Propaganda as property in this country,
when the Catholic church OF California
was adjudged to have valid claim against
the Mexican government for interference
with its property AMI this claim was
enforced by the United States and in the
case OF the conhscation of church property
in France during tho reign of terror be.
longing to British subjects, when England
demanded aud obtained damages for all
property SO cOntiscated.
The rumOrs in regard to tho property of
the American college have caused little
comment among Catholics in New York,
but 1t is said that no steps will be taken
toward protecting the property until more
definite information has been received in
regard 10 the intentions of the Italian
government
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aanraster .gnteIIigenrcr.
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH as. 1884.
Keen Cool.

Erie county declares itself for Mr..
Randall for president, and Mr.. William
L. Scott is to represent her In the ma
tional convention, which he will do very
we'll, being an old hand at the business.
Mr.. Scott is very restless and energetic
and has been very successful In business.
Politics are one Of his relaxations. lie
Is apparently one of the unreconcilable
kind Of politicians. lie will not believe
that Wallace is not still after Randall's
scalp. lie made bloody speech to the
Erie convention, in which he warned
the people that Wallace intended
to defraud them out Of their presidential
choice. We do not think that the peo'
pie are very much alarmed at the pros
pect, or that they are disposed TO nave
as little faith as Mr. Scott in the treaty
of peace that has been proclaimed be-
tween the old time hostile Democratic
camps Of the state. Ii the convention at
Chicago wants to nominate Mr.. Randall
the Pennsylvania delegation will be a
long way from seeking to balk its desire
We fear that Mr.. Scott has been 80 long
and steadily engaged on Wall street as to
have lost all confidence in man and all
his trustfulness in his integrity. When
he was down in New York the other
day, upon the matter of the Colorado
coal company, he and General Palmer
had some pointed conversation In which
each displayed anotable lack Of conf
dence In the other, the general intimat'
ing that no one could teach Mr.. Scott
anything In the art of railroad wrecking,
and Mr.. Scott showing that he deemed
General Palmer a thief Of the first
water.
Now, we have to say to Mr., Scott that
when he addresses a Democratic con
vention he needs to adopt different
tone from that which may be suited to
corporation meeting. 1t may do in
such presence to charge man with
baseness without being able TO prove it ;
but II won't do in Democratic conven.
ton, state or national, to accuse repu-
table Democrat without good evidence.
Mr.. Wallace may not consider Mr.. Ran
dali to be Gods anointed for the presi-
deucy, and there may be many more who
think with him, but none Of them will
bs likely to stand In the way of the Sc
lection by the national convention Of a
Pennsylvania candidate.
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THE EsGLisa CRISIS.
GIAustonos tllne-s Adding New Compile q
lions to the situation.

GladsIono's illue-s Adding New Complies
lions to the situstion.
Earl Granville visited Mr.. Gladstone aud
spent half an hour with him in converse
tion Monday. The Pal Mall Gazette says
that the only foundation for the statement
made by the NOrHiHg Post that Mr.. Glad
stone = resignation was withheld at the
request of the Liberal association is the
fact that Mr.. Gladstone's illness is more
serious than was at first supposed. But"
it says 'Mr. Gladstone's cold is one thing,
the political crisis is another"
In tho absence of Mr.. Gladstone, the
Marquis of Harrington, secretary of state
for war, moved the second reading of the
franchise bill.
The Right Hon. Lord John Manners,
Conservative member for Leicestershire,
North, moved as an amendment that the
House decline to proceed further with the
bill until 1t has before 1t the entire scheme
Of reform contemplated.
The Right Hon. John Bright spoke for
one hour in support of the bill. He advo.
Gated perfect and full representation Of
Ireland in the House of Commons. The
debate was adjourned until Thursday.
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Coffee vs.. Cocktails.

IoulptTunCo AuNOCht'.
According to the vice director of the
Rio Janeiro faculty of medicine it appear
that in Brazil, where great quantities of
coffee are used, and where all tho inhabi.
tants take it many times day, alcohol
ism Is completely unknown II is further
stated that the immigrants arriving in that
country, though beset with the passion
for alcohol, contract little by little the
habits of tho Bra2ilians, ac hiring their
fondness for drinking coffee and their
aversion for liquors aud as the children
OF these immigrants, brought up with
coffee from their early years, never con-
tract the fatal habits known to their par
ents, 1t would seem that the number Of
drunkards in the country is in inverse
ratio TO the amount of coffee consumed. A
South American correspondent of the
Medical Times confirms the above state
ment, asserting that the number of cafes
IN the large cities of Brazil-where multi.
tudes of persons from the highest down 10
the lowest classes 60 in to take cup of
that delicious beverage which none but
Brazilans know how to make properly
is enormous, while drinking saloons OF
bars are very few and their patrons fewer
still.
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TmE srKEET LAMrS.
The Old story OF Thoroughfares BaC
Lighted.

the Old story OF ThOrOughtares BaAiy
Lighted.
Following is the report made by tie
police officers this morning of the lamps
that did not burn well last night
Electric Lightg-Monday-NOrth Queen
aud Orange, from 7 O'Clock; West Kirg
aud Water, from $3.50 Grant and
Market, poor until o'clock, then went
out Chestnut and Prince, poor East
King and Ann, from Z; Grant and
Christian, poor part of the night An
drew and Prince, from 7 +; Orange and
Pine, poor up to o'clock, then out all
night; Columbia avenue, poor TO -; Orange
Marietta avenue, poor Lime and Lemon,
Chestnut and ShippeD, from O'Clock ;
Duke and Chestnut, for three hours Ship.
pen and Walnut poor all night Green
and Duke, Manor and Laurel from =
total, 16.
Gasoline Lamps-Water between Ad
drew and Hazel, South Queen, south of
Seymour, from 7 two lamps on Marietta
pike from Plum and Rockland, from Z;
Low aud Christian from 10 Christian
and Locust, two lamps on Market, Clay
aud Prince, from total, 10.
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bKuMUkE bIEMS.
room our Regular Correspondent


Mr.. Andrew Ambl'r had avery yauabl,
horse u die last Friday, and Mr.. James
Maxwell had one very sick.
Our cAnncrs, Jas. & MCSparran n Co.,
will have two hundred acres OF corn grown
for them this year, ana tnoir orCor Tor cans
reaches almost 100000.
Oar farmers are beginning TO complain
against the weather, as it IN time the share
was in the sod, and IL is always raining.
Our roads have been IN u most miserable
condition aud are not much bottor now.
Our domestic birds OF passage who Hit on
the first, have prospects Of their furniture
catching no dust.
Fairfield is to have new Industry in
tho shape OF butcher shop to be con-
Quoted by Messrs. Brown, pcnrose Il
Pyle. Mr.. Brown is au old hand at the
business, and can play his bit of a
tune on the horn just little pretticr than
any man in the county his partners, Pen.
rose and Pyle, are both workers and push
ers, and there is no reason why the new
move should not DO a SUCCESS. Andy
Wiley. the good naturod butcher at Dru-
more Centre, will continue ia the business,
and with Mr.. Fritz, from Qdarryvillc, we
may not get beef at a penny pound. but
rs near it as competition aud fair dealing
will permit.
Model school UhllTon.
Oar public schools have closed, and now
little school mlrms are resting on their
oars. Two of our most successfully con
Quoted schools arc Harmony and Post
Tree. The former has been taught three
seasons by Miss Hattie Hess, and the
latter two seasons by Miss Bell NJ. Neel,
Miss Noel had two small pupils, children
of Mr.. David Zimmerman, of Fairfield,
who attended the full mouths without
missing day, and Miss Hess had
! four, children of VIM. Brooks aud Jacot
Neh, who did the same. And then again
we have others in every school dislric,
who allow tue whole seven mouths To pass
and never attend day, aud we go OF
paying our taxes for their special beneti,
directly and our own indirectly, and d,
not compel them TO take advantage Of tn,
free schools aud wonder why they grow
up in ignorance and usclessness.
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Lapossrer Cortractor..

At special meeting of the highway
committee Of Philadelphia councils yester.
day the contract for repairing Chestnut
street b. idge (constructing in the rear OF
the west bridge abutment, and iuclined
tai four wrought iron aud concrete but
tresscs, eight feet In diameter, and put In
place by the compressed air proces5) was
awarded to II. j. aud r, B. MALONE, Of
Lancaster, at s5S, 900.
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TIE uneasy desire of 30 many lawyers
to be judges does not indicate that they
possess the judicial qualifications. There
are said to be about fifty on the anxious
bench in Philadelphia waiting for the
chance that is to occur next fall when
Judge Elcock's successor will be elected.
There is entirely too much self seeking
in this matter. The bench has lost much
OF its former dignity, and the legal pro
fession is, In consequence, degraded in
popular estimation. Reform is neces.
s2ry.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

BY the close of the present week the
delegates to the Democratic state con-
vention will nearly all have been elected
and the list of those already chosen
shows very excellent average of ability
and standing in the party. There ought
to be no difficulty In getting represen.
tative body of such numbers and Of such
character as It's membership will have
to make safe and judicious deliverance
on the subjects with which 1t will have
to deal,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

The Democratic county convention will
meet in this city to morrow TO elect dele
gates to the state convention and members
OF the state committee.
The delegates from the city will remem.
Der that, for convenience, their convention
will assemble at the rooms Of the Demo-
cratic city committee on the third floor of
Kepler's postoflice building al 8 a. IN. The
delegates from the upper district Will
assemble at 10 q. m, in tho main room
front, and the delegates from the lower
end will meet at 10 m, in the com.
mittoe room.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

THE Democratic conference tonight
In Washington will in all probability be
an honest effort to reconcile differences
OF opinion on matters of detail, and to
show TO the party ut large that there is
no such danger OF nor necessity tor
Democratic dissensions,as free trade and
high protection alarmlsts have been
lately representing. But whatever the
conference may decide, and however
members may abide by its action, the
Democratic doctrine will be proclaimed
at Chicago, and it will be time enough
there and then to discover who, If any
body, is crowded out of the party.
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Ohcial yisitation.

Ii. j. Deily, esq, state councillor of the
Junior Order OF American Mechanics,
who is making tour OF visitation, will DO
in Lancaster op Thursday evening and pay
an official visit to Conestoga Council No.
22. Invitations have been extended to
Empire Council No. 100 of this city, and
the several councils throughout the county
to be present, and very large attendance
Is expected to greet the state councillor.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

To day Is the feast of the annunciation
in the Catholic church, holiday of obi
cation with the members of that creed. 1t
commentaries the announcement of the
angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she
had been chosen as the mother OF the
Saviour. AS with all holidays of obliga-
tion, to days religious observance 10 as
strictly epjoincd as that of Sunday. Ser
vices were held in tho three Catholic
churches of this city this morning in COM
memoration of the day.
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mns. uALuEuAS,s uEouE,rs.
List OF Those VINO Were Remembered
with Their AmOunt-,

The will of Mrs. Eliza Ewing llaldcman
has been admitted to probate IN tho regis
ter's office OF Dauphin county. 1t was
drawn up in 1877 and the executors are
Rudolph +. Keker, Hamilton Alricks and
Robert SnOdgrasS. The cash bequcsts
amount to s2G, 050 and are divided as fol
lows Samuel Jacobs and Maria Jacobs,
of Iowa, $4,000 Mary and Robert Ross,
1000 Eliza + J. IIaldeman, 81, 600
Mary Ann BoIer, Baltimore, IL 900 ;
Mary Ann Black, Maryland, $500
Matilda Huston, sj 600 Eliza j.
Clyde, 800 Rachel uademan, 800
Mary Hipple cambridge, $500 Eliza
beth, liebecca, Eliza aud Emma Huston
each 400, 800 Eliza Haskins, 800 {;
Eliza Fegelmassi, $500; Haldemau,
O'Connor, $1,000; Ross Reno, $500 ;
Elizabeth BOiluger, Il, 800; Mary, Annie
Sarah and Henrietta Jacobs, each 400
800 Rachael ID. Plank, 5000 Maria IL.
Chamberlain, $1,000 Eliza X. Long
epecker, IL 900 /; Annie Bigler, 81 600 4;
home for the fricudless, 1000 ;
First Presbyterian church, Market square,
81, 900 Caroline BigIer, $1,000 Samue
Haldeman BiSler, II 600 Henry Robinson,
$50; Annie w Hendero1, IL 200 The Hal.
deman mansion. Front and Walnut streets
is given to Mrs. Sarah Haley during heI
life, with such furniture as she may ch )se
to retain. Mrs. Susan O'Connor is given
the residence on Front street next to the
mansion, absolutely. Henry Robinson
the coachmaD, is given the house Oh
River avenue near Pine street.
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Will smith "Sit Down 20

Harrisburg Independent
Ex Naval Officer Hiestand, of the Ian
caster Examiner, says to the present
congressman from tho Ninth district,
"Sit down, Smith," | want tho place
Whether Smith will obey remains Tor the
future to develop.
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Of Mr.. McConomy. Mr.. Naumsn will
be a very nc school director.

THE Montgomery county Democrats,
who send large delegation to the state
convention, instructed their representa-
tives to-day for Mr.. Randall, Adams
county expressed the same choice yesler-
day. Manifestly Mr.. Watterson has not
succeeded in reading Mr.. Randall out
of the party i'm this state.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

WHEN the finance committee of coun.
ellis comes to consider the assessments
OF property for city purposes suppose
that, for the sake of novelty IL not JUS
tice, they try to correct some of the gross
and painfully suggestive inequalities
which they will find there.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

THE electric lights keep on not doing
1t. No reasonable citizen needs further
proof that the Maxim light is not what
it claimed to be, and that it does not
furnish what 1t contracted to supply.
The public waits to see what the lamp
committee and councils propose to do
about it,
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ANOTHER BIG FIRE.
rnIR1y ruuuaAND po,la,t. 10.

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uns 80 49, ,,""'Us-Oon"' ,,'' ,,'...,' 'sr~'
o,, of ,ho ,,,a, 1o.,S,,',,' n
,inra ,,hioh cvo. ,.,,,,,, ~, oou,,asu" s
tricts of ,b,s cnnnty h,"rsnd m ,I' ,s, ,"tTD n,
in IN, yilInoe of M1,tarnv TG.aI's $50
y OS I'm fcacncl. tn.nsLin ,sn ,,,iios
no,thcast ,f HiTd In IIand ~ Wv or o ,na
prn,'syIvania railrnad TSo i,r',c 60 w.
s,nry fame tnbnocn wnrcbousr ST In
Si'Is. with nil its coutrnts woa rrtitnis
i, s,r,vcJ The Trc brnkc nut botwc,n q
md 10 nj niybt and from IN, circn,,'
stances of tho casa and tho nIn,n whn,,
thn Grc w,a iirsi discnv,r,d Il Ia b,iirvnJ
that tho d,stru,tinn wns cansed NV tha
building taking fire from the nine of n
stny. IN the buildiny which had tre in |,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

THE Democratic members Of the
school board made an excellent choice
TO al the vacancy occasloned In the
membership of that body by the death
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sale of stOckb

Jacob =. Long, broker, sold yesterday
at private sale 10 shares New Holland
national bank at sl3l $500 Qlarryville
railroad bond at sll7 and interest slOO
city 8 20 years per cent. bond at par and
interest.
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lat of March was 10000, 900 bushels,
supply ample for consumption, Sprins
seeding aud probable expectation ,,,,,
The prospect for the wheat crop OF 1854,
at the present date, Is reported rs iavora
hla
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

our Of the West comes the stcrootyped
old story that tho severe winter has been
very destructive on peaches.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

Tue great hubbub about the taitf has
enabled Malone, Keifer o id oniae genus,
10 sneak TO their covers unobserved.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-25

PRINCE OF WALES last year received
from the Duchy of Cornwall tho net 10.
come Of s325, 900.