The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-01
GENERAL NEWS IN BRIEF
Items Gathered from all Parts of
the Country.


agrees with the Chicago Qll) Ne'0
in the opinion that there is but on
standard bearer for the Demo "rati
party in 1884, that man being Win
field S. Hancock.
Senator Jones, of Florida, who il
regarded as one Of the most eloquen
men in the senate, never attends
school regularly, and owes all hi
education to his own efforts after hi
twenty-irst birthday.
Illinois has $4,000 colored voter'
and not a colored man holding fedora
or State appointment position higher
than janitor or messenger. Illinois
is Logan's State, and considered al
belonging in the Republican ranks
Thus it ever is.
Mrs. Lydia Smith, the colored
woman who was Thaddeus Stevens
housekeepar for SO many years, and
who died a week or two ago, be-
queathed by her will $500 for the
preservation and care of Mr.. Stevens
grave in Lancaster, Pa.
A good old man up in Epping, N
H., went to prayer meeting the other
night, aud unwittingly fell asleep.
He was called up to offer prayer, and
being dutifully punched by his better
half, beloved out: "Gol darn it,
Betsy, kindle it yourself"
Wendell Phillips did not believe
in those modern improvements per-
tanning to household comfort. When
he removed to his Boston residence
he even had the furnace, water and
gas taken out of the house, and he
also never allowed curtains at his
window to exclude the air or sun
shine.
A telegram from Springfield, Ill. a,
says that photograph has been
found in photograph gallery there
of a group consisting of Abraham
Lincoln and his two private secreta-
ries, John G Nicolay and John Hay.
1t was tax en- just before Mr.. Lincoln
started for Washington to be in
augurated for president.
The Brooklyn Bridge Railway can
only accommodate about 5000 pass
engers an hour, and it is urged by
many that this capacity should be
increased ten times, and earn nearly
all the bridge income, while tolls for
the foot bridge should be abolished.
and those for the carriage ways re-
duced one-half.
The failure of the First National
Bank of Leadville was a great loss
to some colored people, as quite a
number had money on deposit there.
Miss Elizabeth Hearford lost $500 ];
Mrs. Townsend, $500; John Smith,
of Lawrence, Kan, $500. The pres
ident of the bank was a drunkard
and a gambler. This is the third
bank which he has been associated
with, all of which failed.
Senator, elect Henry 3. Payne, in
an interview published in the Cieve-
land (Ohio) Herald of Saturday, says:
81 have never intimated that would
consent to allow my name to be used
as a Presidential candidate, and l will
not. / do not want the office. AS a
choice between the two positions l
had much rather serve as Senator
than assume the cares and RESPONSE
bilities of President
The Virginia Bourbons refused to
adjourn over Washington's Birthday
in order to pass the bill gerrymander-
ing the congressional districts over
Governor Cameron's veto. Had they
not done it on that day they would
have been unable to pass it, as the
Coalition Senators reelected from
Norfolk took their seats Saturday and
broke the two-thirds majority of the
Bourbons.
The New Orleans Picdy,tne says
there is an aristocracy of crime in
Louisiana. No man of wealth, no
man of position, no man of influence,
has ever been hung in that State.
Such men have, been accused of the
vilest crimes such men have been
proven guilty over and over again.
The result is lawlessness in society, in
business, in politics. The truth is
that in Louisiana a man of power, of
whatever sort, may do as he will.
F. G. BATHS wisdom in political
affairs fits him as leader to be relied
on. He is unassuming, earnest, hon.
est and devoted to the success of his
people in every political contest, bis
efficiency adds rew laurels to his rising
fame, he is skillful diplomat in poll