Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-08

THEIR furnaces. They have been long
time coming to this knowledge 1t is to
be hoped their pathway will be illumi-
mated by it.
The cabinet-makers are Just now the
busiest Of mechanics.
THE divorce mill is one of the few that
never shuts down for repairs.
"WHY is the New Era's flag like its
candidate for president ?" Because it is
pretty well used mp.
WHILE "all Italy is talking of the
numerous scandals concerning priests
which have recently come to light :" and
while some Of the stories related are
horrible, it is consoling to know that they
have reached the ears Of the pops himself,
and he has ordered searching INQUIRY
into the whole question of priestly purity,
| and asked that nothing be left undone
that would tend to relieve the church from
the odium which has been cast upon heI
by unworthy sons.
| CHICAGO Is the fourth city in the Union
In population, but 1t goes to the head Of
the class in the facilities 1t affords for
divorce. There are now GA cases pending
in her courts for the untieing of the
nuptial knot, and the future holds out no
hope for their diminution. While the
government is 6evoting itself with such
stringency to the stamping out of Mormon
polygamy, it might proiltably inquire into
the legalized polygamy that is thriving in
the metropolis of the West.
1T isl relief to long-taxed popular
patience to hear that the Washington mon-
ument, begun in the federal capital in 1S4s,
has been completed and there is soms.
thing to crafty the Yankee Doodle spirit
in the circumstance that there is floating
from Its summit the star spanglsd banner
at the greatest height of construction yet
known to the world. The monuments
height OF $50 feet outtops the Pyramids,
! and OF course every other fabric reared by
human hands. This was worth long
wait and the big pile o: money that has
been spent on it.
THE Tri5une's London CORRESPONDENT
cables over that Gladstone, in q late
parliamentary debate, paid high tribute to
Garfield. A more circumstantial account
of the spe ech does not make it appear that
the language was of fervid eulogy. He
spoke OF him very sarcastically as o mem.
ber of the Golden club in England, and the
protectionist candidate at home, and
his additional remark that General Gar
Held owed his place in mems thoughts to
his tragic death rather than to great quali-
ties OF mind was greeted with loud cries of
"Hear, hear" all over the house.
The salary which will justifya young
couple in going to housekeeping has been
settled by an eminent authority in matters
OF money, il not in matrimony. The
London and Provincial bank has resolved
that, as 1t is inexpedient for its clerks to
contract marriage on insufficient means
in future, if any member of the staff whose
income is less than el50 a year shall
marry, he shall be disqualified from con.
tinuing in the banks service, and will ac.
cordiugly be required to retire from II
unless tho case be exceptional and the
board waive this rule. A bridal carriage
can be driven through that regulation.
IN arguing case bofore New York
court the ether day Mr.. Roscoe Conkling
pleasantly referred to his antagonist, Mr..
Joseph II. Choate, in this style:
This Napoleonic face, this misleading
and beguiling face, this dome of Thought
severed with wealth of golden hair. mot
subject to the extremes of heat and cold
because eternal sunshine settles there.
And when 1t came Mr.. Choate's turn he |
mildly alluded to Mr.. Conkling in this |
graceful manner
lay claim to some little amount of wind
nut when the cave OF Eolus is opsned and |
III the winds Of tho cavern are let ont I |
confess l humbly and submissiyely bow
'efore the blast, and think noticed that
'our honor did. 'A"'
Down In Kentucky, for instance. tbev
'ould have occupied less time by exchang-
ng suoh epithets as "rsd headed son of
gun" and "wind bag"
IHE elevated railr Dads of New York
ave from their inception been success.
hey obtained from the city without cost
he use of the public highways for their
but they have always mani.
sstsd an unwillingness to give anything |
return for their vast privileges. The
lty brought suit against the roads for
sfusal to pay the taxes assessed against ,
,em, and the latter fought the issue to
10 bitter end. The amount in question | I
~ e2.54l, s21, embracing unpaid taxes
ON 1870 to 1884. The suit was reoently
'oidod In favor of tho city for the full 8
mount. But a. the powerful corporations =
to fight it. oompromise was
iscted By which the oity agreed TO
'ospt s90l,099 which, with interest. :
mounted to tl.2S5, ,53s. This seems to a
Ave been very unwise proceeding. In n
70 present situation of affairs the Q
ovated roads have won q substantial :,
otory. Their discrimination TO resist d
vial taxation has bssn amply rewarded. u