Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-15
A REmARKARLE STORY,
A Penusyivania Senatorial sIat

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A REMARKABLE STORY.
A Penusyivania senatorial slate.
From the New York Times
A queer story has started OF its travels
among the Pennsylvania delegation in
Congress to the effect that two United
states senators are to be elected by the
next Legislature of the Keystone state
instead OF one. According to this
story Senator John l. Mitchell is to
oe placed in life position or tho
bench before the administration
! changes hands, this, and the expiration
OF Senator Cameron's term, making the
two vacancies to be filled. Those who
have heard the story are not agreed as to
the particular judgeship to be given to
Mr.. Mitchell. Most of them understand.
however, that he is 10 be appointed circuit
judge for the Third circuit, which includes
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware,
That position is now filled by Judge vii.
liam hckennau, and the scheme calls for
his retirement, to be brought about in
some way with or without his consent.
These who talk about the report say
that the purpose of the change is the
bringing about of better feeling between
the Republican factions of Penn
'S'H, IL orueIs tnat no ulYlsi0nB
may stand in the way of success
at the next gubernatorial contest. Senator
Cameron is to be reelected, aud Senator
Mitchell is TO be followed by some man not
disliked by the Anti Cameronites. Toe
clrculators OF the story have gone SO far
as to mention possible canotusxrs Tor Mr.
MitoheH's place. Included IN the list are
b. F. Jones. the benevolept Chairman of
the Repu blican national committee, Calvin
Wslls, one of the Pennsylvania Blaine
electors, and Thomas N, Bayne. now a
congressman from the Allegheny county
district Mr., Mitchell's term will expire
in 1887. 1t is asserted that sure iudg
ship at 50, 600 year would bs more to his
liking than the uncertainty of a reelection
to the Senate two years hence.
The Is. Il %. Coming 90 Harrisburg.
1t is said that the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad has completed arrangements for
trunk line from Baltimore through to New
4 ork and Philadelphia by way of Harris.
ourg, over the Western Maryland, from
hagerstown to Shippensburg, from Ship
pensburg 70 Harrisburg by the Harrisburg
Potomac railroad, and thence over the
bridge of the now Vanderbilt road to the
philadelphia & Reading tracks to Phila. |
delphia, and by the Bound Brook to New |
York.
Six miles Of railroad In Cumberland
county and the proposed Vanderbilt |
bridge will have to be built before May /, |
and the contracts fer both were given last |
week, the Pb9uixville iron works getting |
me latter. 1t is also asserted that Presi- |
lent Garrett, OF the Baltimore & Ohio |
.oad has gained control of the Jersey
central stock recently held by Vanderbilt. |
md thus was enabled to force terms upon
he Reading road.
Tho Song OF Robia Adsir.
Robin Adair was an Irish surgeon.
vhom accident brought into the presence
u Lady Caroline Keppel, sister of the
amous English admiral of that name.
MUTUAL love followed their acquaintance,
mo curing the enforced abseoce which
,ady Caroline's relatives brought abont.
be wrote the song and sang it to an air
'hich her lover had sung to her. Tbev
'ere finally married with the parents con
ent, and spent few happy days before
no death OF Lady Caroline. Her husband
ever remarked. He lived to the AGE of
,; an honored favorite of the king, George
Gotha's Orsmatory,
Since the building of the crematorv ar
iotha, in 1878, 200 bodies have been cre-
lated In 1t, the last one being that of a | ,
'r. Dulk, who died at Stuttgart. OF )
lese 200 bodies 62 were those of natives
the duchy and 1873 were foreigners.
ne number OF males was 1873 and of ,
males 62. Since last January the num-
er of cremations has been 54 In the
revious year the number was Al, and In
10 two years 1872 it was 83.
A Perilous Runaway.
Men near the big Mcbride we'll az Oil il
ny the other day for o few mements o
I'D their breath. Horses drawing a light 8
ring wagon, In which was 1870 quarts of
tro glycerine, took fright aud dashed
'wn the road. The men, who knew q,
nat was In the wagon, scattered Ia every n
rection. The horses were finally stopped 4,
thout damage, though the danger was n
eat. ~
Fierce Alpine snowstorms. b,
The snowstorms in the Alpine regions of a
Vn1eriand have been unusually early and ..
eele this season. The tourmentes have Pl
ugut many unwary tourists on the 10
and the great hospital at st
rnard is full Of wounded people, MANY te
Ivellers are still missing aud ii is believed til
at several OF them have been frozen to ei
ath. th
ne Would Paint IL Ned.
lust after the election Mr.. Pilponndar ~
I'd an item to his wife to the effect that ~
man Squills had died and left youn0 ~,
, oool quarter Of o million. 81 SUM-
o." said Mrs. p, "that he viii now !,
Mt the town red.'' "Why. how 40 % p" !.
'el. should suppose that with a quart v;1 0y
'ermillion he could paint 1t rsd." Wv