Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-03


LAST years bills paid aud balance IN
the treasury with which to begiu lSS4 are
the best incentives to happy new year.
a RAILWAY slaughter, by which twenty.
twJ meu were killed aud dozen more
wounded, opens the New Year campaign
of death.dealing disasters.
The embezzlements reported for 1888
foot up sl3, $50, 900, and it is q significant
fact that defalcations among city em
ploycs head the list, surprising by far
those occurring i'll the government ser.
vice.
Tue Philadelphia Press regards il IS
sign that Gov. llOadly, Of Ohio, Is a good
Democrat that he desires TO dispense with
military display at his Inauguration. Dem
ocrats will bo willing % accept the Press
criterion.
TuE governor Oi Missouri has parduued u
criminal because he 20 promised his dy ing
| daughter, who had become attached to
The prisoner by reason Of his kindness to
her. This exercise Of tho pardoning power
does credit 10 the governors hear, but
Lot TO his bead.
luE existence Of u singular law in MARY
lad 10 recalled to public attention by the
objections made to swearing in Repre-
sentative eleot Hodgson, OF Somerset
county, on the ground that at the time of
LIS election he was q minister, and there
fore constltutionally ineligible to the Log
islaturc.
Ing decrease in the public debt last
month was 3ll, ,743, ,337 and the total de-
crease for the past six months runs up to
$4,000, 900. At this rate of payment.
by July |, 1856, there will be no bonds
payable before 1891, and very large
part of the government securities upon
which tho national bank circulation is
Issued will have been called in. A speedy
reductus Of the revenues il the only pre-
caution against currency contraction and
the temptation 10 lavish expenditures.
a PROMINENT medical authority as
serts that the present generation suffers
moro from brain troubles than its prede.
cessors, because OF the dlsuse of night
caps. This head gear il is claimed, keeps
the blood at tho surface of the head, in-
stead of driving it to the brain causing
light sleep aud dreams. 1t would have
been well for this physician to specify the
variety OF might caps" to which he re.
fsrs, as there ID kind which has an OBJ
posite effect from that claimed for the
ancient capillary covering.
The federal district attorney Is not sat
ished with the discharge, by U. s. conf
missioner, Of +. NJ. Nichols, OF Wilkes
barre, who was charged with violating tho
postal laws by establishing messenger
company to distribute ia tho city circulars
&o', for one cent copy whsu tho postal
department charges two cents for such
delivery through tho mails. Mr.. Nichols
is notified that il he renews his business
he will DO again arrested. 1t il To be
hoped he will accept the challenge. The
principle ho represents is one that should
have Judicial settlement.
WEsrnoRo', Mass has within it's bor-
erS all tho clements necessary 10 tho make
up OF rs pretty legal battle as apy one
could desire. A barn was burned In that
town not long since which was 30 insured
that the policy in one company expired at
noon on tho day OF the fire, while that of
tho other began at tho same moment. The
fire started at 1871 p. m, under the old
time, but :55 a. m, according to the new
standard. After this knot is united, II
will be In order to find out how much of the
destruction took place before IL o'clock,
aud how much after that hour, in order
TO properly apportion the loss between tho
companies. Some sleepless nights will be
spent by the legal brethern of Westboro'
In. h. A.. II. A. a a