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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10

The iNTELLIGENCER has been publishing
some sprightly sketches of fox-hunting in
the lower end of Lancaster county. They
seem 10 have excited the admiration of the
New York SHn, which alters one Of them
slightly and prints it as correspondence from
Christiana. The Philadelphia News and
other discriminating journals follow suit and
crib without credit. Our esteemed local
contemporary, the Examiner, more gener
ously, gives the Sun full credit But If it had
taken the item from the INTELLIGENCER
directly, it would have found it in more in
teresting form and could have printed i
nearly a week earlier.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10
LETTER FROM GENERAL JOHN d. MUL,
FORD.
23DEY STREET, NEW York,

- DEr STREET, NEW \ DIRK,
October :, 1853.
For years past have used ALLCocK's PoRous
PLhsTERs my person and In my family, and
have found them perfect Us an external remedy.
quick In their action, giving immediate relief
without blistering the skin, and far superior to
all others. No family should be without ALL
COCKS PoRous PLAsTERs their healing powers
are wonderful. and their efficacy far.reaching
and lasting When in Washington last winter
was induced to try another much advertised
plaster for severe pain In my back. No relief
from the pain, but sore and bistered back for
week was the result. So soon IA the bisters
healed Eapplied two of ALLcoCK's PoRous PLAs-
TERs and they gave me immediate and perma-
nent relief They give additional strength and
vitality to the spinal column, and they are "a
never falling remedy in my family for Coughs,
Colds, Sprains, and all Pains and Weaknesses.
Their use has repeatedly saved me from Pneu-
monia. l constantly use them, and would not
be without them for any consideration.
JOHN T.. MULFORD.
Beware of limitations. "Allcocks" Is the onl Y
genuine Porous Plaster.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10

fBu0ONAhs
WALT WHITMAN is spoken Of for an inn
portant consulship under the new admins
tration.
Bon INeERsoLL says he would rather live
to be loved by a woman I'm a world full of
trouble than to live In heaven with nobody
but men.
DIR. ELLERsLIE WALLACE, who for 81
years was connected with the Jefferson Medi-
cal college, died In Philadelphia on Monday
morning.
COLONEL NELSON II. DAVIS, now stationed
at Chicago, will succeed General Sackett, de
ceased, as senior inspector general OF the
army, with the rank OF brigadier.
FRANKLIN SuyDAM's marriage to Miss
Elizabeth Buebler, daughter of Charles
Buehler, of Harrisburg, IL announced for
March IL, In the latter city. The groom IL an
old Lancastrian with many friends In this
city.
SARpoU Is very peculiar looking, small
and spare in figure, and alert and brighteyed
as lizard. The lower part of his face has
something of the fine antique mould of the
same portion of the countenance Of Edwin
Booth.
GEN. GRANTS contract with the Century
company, concerning which so much has
been written, calls for four articles from
Gen. Gr rant on Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chatta-
nooga and the Wilderness. The agreed price
for these articles was $500 for each, and this
is the sum that has been paid
FRED BURNABY, says Mr. Edmund Yates
looked more like am Italian baritone than an
| English guardsman. He had pale, beard
| less face, a slight black moustache, sweet
| smile and pleasant manners. lio was always
| extraordinarily addressed - frequently in
| black, with huge muller around his throat.
GENERAL EDWARD Il. WALTHALL, Secre-
| tary Lamar's successor In the Senate, Is on
| his way To Washington. The appointment
gives universal satisfaction, he being one OF
the most distinguished lawyers of the state
..N
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10

AND now DIR. Burchard has been retired
from his ministerial duties at the Murray
Hill church, New York, because younger
pastor is needed. The work was done by
the New York presbytery and tho old man,
whose famous alliterative remark at the
Blaine banquet is known in two continents,
was present, but said nothing. II would he
interesting to know whether Burchard now
believes in the adage silence is golden"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10

The recorder of Luzerne county, with other
of the county officials, have made up their
minds to oppose the new salary act of 1888 !;
which applies to counties of more than lO0,-
900 and less than 10000 population. Claim
ing that the county had population of over
10000, the recorder applied TO the county
commissioners to be paid under the act OF
1876, covering counties having more than that
population, and the court has decided in his
favor. 1t is hard to see how the point that
Luzerne has more than 10000 people within
its borders was established. 1t is said to have
been done by taking the ratio of the taxables
to topopulation, and a cruder way could not
be suggested. In 1880 Luzerne had popu-
lation OF 1906, and Lancaster l39,4E. If
Luzerne has been increasing for the past four
years at the rate Of 4,233 per annum, she may
have population of 10000; but to do that
she must more than double the increase in
this county from 1870 to 1850.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10
Extrnordinary Presnmption Of mce-seekers.

GTesuShpio" VI o"'e-seeHeis.
Washington Corr. Baltimore sun.
Modesty has never been a noted trait of the
average American politician, yet making all
reasonable allowance for this fact, it is extra
ordinary that vanity and presumption will
lead office-seekers SO frequently to aspire to
places far beyond their merits and abilities
Fully one-half of those who have appeared in
print in the last two or three days as appli-
cants for certain offices are so entirely un-
suited and untitled that to appoint them
would make hollow mockery of the civil
service principles and professions which Mr..
Cleveland has enunciated. He gave lesson
yesterday which they will not soon forget to
several congressman who under the pretense
of calling to pay respects, undertook to prefer
claims of their friends to Office. They were
informed promptly and decisively by the
president that he did not propose to receive
personally applications for office, that all
such must come through the proper heads of
departments. This decision of the president
will relieve him from one of the greatest an
noyances TO which his predecessors have
been subjected, and will break up the custom
of office-hunting delegations haunting the
White House.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10
- - -"
Kissing Lord NlaNOT.

White Lord Mayor O'Connor was waiting
at the railway station i'm Dublin on Sunday
to receive the American deputation with the
remains of Rev. DIR. Cahill he was vigorously
missed and groaned ut by a crowd Of 5000 per-
sons which had assembled.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10
A STARTLING DISCOVERY.

Mr.. VIM. johnson, OF Huron, OAK, writes that
his wife had been troubled with acute Bronchitis
for many years. aud that all remedies tried gave
no permanent relief until he procured bottle
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs, and Colds, which had IA magical effect,
and produced permanent cure. Ii Ii guaranteed
to cure all Diseases of Throat, Lungs or Bron
chial Tubes Trial Bottles Free at Cochran =
Drug Store, Nos. lj7 and l39 North Queen street.
Lancaster, Pa Large Size 800 (j)
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10
The Human I,eIlovs,

The elungs furnish the air. They keep blowing,
blowing, all day and night Lungs must be
sound II health Il expected. When lung fever
comes, there il danger The Rev. A. W. Whit
ney, of bingham, Wis, had lung fever and was
laid aside from his pulpit and pastoral duties.
He writes that after a long sickness ne used
Browns Iron Bitters and gained strength aud
health
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Worth a Thousand Dollar

Every child born intoa family Is thought TO be
worth "a thousand dollars" To the parents.
Then they should be cared for from infancy to
maturity. Keep the mouth and teeth right by
SOLoDOSI, and you start then right.
milo wdeodSw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10

CoATEsvILLE has peanut war that has
forced down the price of this circus nourish-
ment to two cents quart Coatesville may
expect large share of rural immigration.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10

The ornamental head of the agricultural
bureau, Commissioner Loring, will die
harder than most of his associates.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10

IT is cold day when Russia does not get
her finger into the continental pie
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-10

Well done, Mr.. Bayard.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-16

we won fifty dollars each. One of tn.
party then suggested that bottle of wine
should be opened to our good fortune, and
after partaking of glass, my Sandusky
friend whispered me that he was going
now for thousand, which he would add
to the thousand already owed him. Again
| am forced to make the sad confession
that resigned myself blindly to his ad-
vice; but luck did not seem to cling to him,
as he won and lost by turns until he com
menced, as he called it, to plunge, OF
course, plunged too, and my big roll of
bills, amounting to over 1900, soon dwin-
died down to very small sum, until to nv
surprise | found myself compelled to
borrow from my friend. His finances were
drained out as well as my own, so he
whispered me to take chair and wait for
him for few minutes until he should re-
t;irG with the cash requisite for US to take
out our revenge.
So | sat down and saw my Young San
dusky friend politely bowling to me as he
took his departure. [ think pulled nerv-
ously at my whiskers, and it began to
dawn upon me that all was not as straight
as 1t might be. | was thus engaged when
"a colored man rushed into the room and
breathlessly informed me that he feared
the police were at the front door, and had
better get on$ quickly by the back way, and
take cab to plaza where my young San
uuSky ITlcnu awaited me,
yielded automatically, and after a half
hours drive in the uptown portion of the
city, my cabby pulled up and handed me
my small hand valise and said | was to
wait at this spot until he went for Mr..
Hawley, whom he had instructions to drive
back and join me at this particular place.
hadn't even the presence of mind to take
the number of that cab, my mind was in
such a disturbed state; so | patiently wait
Ia xxb oil
though the shades of evening were APP
preaching and the lamplighters were be-
ginning to illuminate the district.
| suppose it must have been that Yellow
Label business which so obfuscated my in
tellectual faculties. 1t was quite dark and
| was beginning to attract the attention OF
the pasSers-by before it fully dawned upon
me that | had been cruelty swindled. See
ing a colored lamp in the distance which
told me | was in the vicinity of n police
precinct, | instantly rushed toward it tc
state my grievances.
| have very great respect for the police
force, but with all due regard for that
highly intelligent body, the officer in
charge only smiled at me when recounted
my adventure, and, as he seemed to throw
some doubts upon my sanity and jocularly
remarked that, in his opinion, a good
square sleep might take down the swelling
in my head, l produced the only evidence
of the swindle in my possession-a num-
bered ticket.
This seemed to have little effect, as this
very incompetent officer only folded his
arms on the desk, and smiled at me more
and more.
go home, boss" said he, "and when
you next take trip here from Sandusky
learn that it isn't safe to stop and chin in
the streets with every one who says he
knows you, and, above all things, keep a
safe distance between yourself and the
Ter .Inll.nnL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-16

But might l ask your name"
"Come, now," he replied. "look me
straight in the face and give a mess.
Mind, though, l have been out of Sandnslrv
long time, knocking about Eurone and T
am on my way home now, not like the
prodigal son, either, as l have been in lnck
of late, and only this morning drew a n1.iee
of thousand dollars, which am this mo-
ment on my way to get cashed. But that
is another matter. Now, as to nv identify.
| wish to please you with surprise. 10
you know the manager of the First Ma
tional Bank?"
"Do l l should think so. He is nv
own banker, and as decent fellow as ever
| met. There's not another man in the
State of Ohio l have a greater regard for
than Joe Hawley."
Did you ever know that joe had a
son who went away to Europe?"
mo; not as I've heard, Young fellow,
Joe is, like myself, an old bachelor, and all
the boys he ever took an interest in were
his nephews Jim's sons. l guess one OF
them, Egbert, or Eggy, as they used to call
him, did run away, but | always heard that
he kinder got his blood up agin the In
dams"
mo, sir; you are on the correct trail
but we must leave the Indian war-path.
gave it out that l was going West, but, by
Jove! / did better and went East, made
money in England, and now 1 am ON my
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-16
THE "BUNCO STEERER."
His "Modus Operandi" as De-
scribed by a Recent Victim.

Remember, then, what, when a boy, I've
heard my grandma tell:
"Be warned in time by others harm, and you
shall do fun wCll!'
Don't link yourself with vulgar folks, who've
got no fixed abode
Tell lies, use naughty words, and say they
wish they may be bowed"
-ingOldSby Legends.
Since the time of the benevolent old gen.
tleman of Margate who was so shamefully
robbed by ''the little vulgar boy" other
benevolent old gentlemen-andy young ones,
too-have been made the victims of the
smooth tongued gentry.
1t is wonderful how slow we are to learn
by TIE sad experience of others. Although
numberless cases of misplaced confidence
have been duly exposed in the public press,
yet several travellers from the rural dis
tricts, who pay occasional visits on bust
ness or pleasure to the large cities, always
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-16
A QUEER PIT IN A PLAIN.

What Puzzles the Folks of Ash Fork
Where Water is Half a Dollar a Barrel.
In some sections of the northern pOr-
ton of Arizona the question of water
supply, even for domestic purposes, is
a very serious one. This is particularly
the case at Ash Fork a station on the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad 4 series
of very lovely and fertile valleys sur
round the place, and plenty of grass
grows for the support of large herds
of cattle, but no water can be had eX-
cept from an occasional tank during
the winter season. AT Ash Fork the
railroad company attempted to sink an
artesian well, but after reaching depth
of nine hundred feet the drill became
fastened and could not be removed.
Many futile attempts were made to ex-
tract it, but at last it was abandoned in
despair. All water now used at that
station and by the residents of the town
is brought by rail from Peach Springs,
siXty-liVe miles to the westward, and is
sold at fifty cents per barrel.
A short time ago prospector. stimu-
lated by the inquiry for water, reported
that he had discovered a huge well,
about eight miles from Ash Fork. sunk in
a level plain. Parties at once repaired
thither with ropes and other parapher-
MALTA to explore the wondrous discov-
cry. They found the locality, but to
this day they do not know the exact
nature of the curious cavern that met
their gaze. 1t is located on Il level plain
and can not be seen until it is APP
preached very near. There is no evil
dence of earth or rock having been re-
moved from the pit which was found to
be $50 feet in diameter and 800 feet
deep, with perpendicular walls. Noone
in the party was brave enough to de-
scend and explore the "well'' when the
rope had been lowered, and the ex-
plorers returned to Ash Fork scarcely
wiser than they were before their trip.
1t is certainly great curiosity, and
there possibly exists a supply of water
somewhere in its depths or in the nu-
merous caverns or tunnels that appar-
emily emerge into the dark earth below
from this curious threshold of sunlight
Tucson (Ari.) Citizen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-16
LATE FASHIONS,
Information Which Every Woman Will b.
Glad to Get.

Information Which Every Woman Will be
Glad to Get.
More and more fashionable grows
tinsel braid
None but brides wear white kid gloves
nowadays.
Dinners are fashionable entertain
ments this month.
Wooden lace is used even for trim
ming underskirts.
Undressed Suede gloves remain the
favorltes for dreSsy occasions.
Wool canvas or sail cloth is the
newest fabric for seaside dresses.
Seaside and country dresses are now
in the hands of dressmakers.
New silk and Isle thread gloves come
in all the fashionable kid colors.
Wooden lace of the color of the gar
ment trims many mantles and costumes.
Small girls dresses are made shorter,
and they define the form more closely
in the back
Flat turbans and conical-crowned,
narrow-brimmed hats are equally fash
ionable for little girls.
SuperimpOsed waistcoat fronts of
pleatings of MORE, Surah, or lace are
seen on imported Paris wraps.
Bead embroidery on the collars,
cuffs, and waistcoats of dressy jackets
are among other decorative fancies.
Plaid jackets of fine Gilbert flannel
are made with belts and hood lined
with bright or sober brown Surah.
Red silk jerseys are prettily worn
over skirts of printed sateen or percale
figured with red for house dresses.
Full jabot rutfles of black lace are
placed down the fronts, around the bot
tom, the neck, and sleeves of dressy
black silk street jackets.
All street and day house dresses are
made with very high collars, fitting
close in the throat, cut on the bias, and
frequently braided or embroided.
Short nantes. jerseys, cloth and silk
jackets, long newmarkets, raglans, and
dolman visites of medium length are all
fashionably worn as street wraps.
Bengaline is popularity worn as a skirt
under draperies or polonaises OF
Chuddah cloth, broche or embroidered
French cashmere, camers hair, and
wool etamine.
Bustles of stuffed hair attached to the
waistband of each separate dress are
more in favor than steel bustIes, and
It's pity, but It's true, that bustles grow
larger.
All laces are fashionable. Even the
old black Llama lace is revived, and
silk lace both in the piece and wide
/ edongs come in all the new shades OF
brown, tan, steel blue, gray, wine color.
olive, moss, and reseda greens, as well
as black and cream.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-16

teeth, meet an occasional acquaint ance,
and delight ones gaze with the motley
collection of human beings to be met there
upon any day in the year.
1t was old DR.. johnson, | think, who
said, when asked for material for thought
and description: LET US take a walk down
Fleet Street" Now, if the old doctor We're
alive in these days, and on a lecturing tour
in America, and if asked what public
promenade he would suggest to engender
food for mental reflection he would, in my
opinion, certainly reply, "Let US take a
walk on Broadway"
| don't exactly know whether l was
thinking of the learned Doctor or not, or
whether | was allowing my mind to
wander fancy free, as | strolled up Broad
way to make a call upon a friend. For
convenience, | had placed a lot of papers
and other matters in my hand valise, and,
having plenty of time at my disposal,
lounged along, gaping from one side to the
other and rejecting meditatively on the
babel of sounds and the immense throng
of people who surged and rushed in all
directions.
| think l had just passed Canal Street,
when | was aCcosted by a rather genteel
kind of man, who timidly stretched his
hand out as if to greet me, and then,
gazing at me with deep intent, said: Chow
dye do, SenatOr?'
You mistake, my good fellow" said I,
elevating one hand and warding off his
advances. 81 have not the honor of being
member of the Legislature, but am only
plain citizen and mere visitor in this
city,"
"Well, well, WE'LL" repeated the shabby
genteel party, " tits really extraordinary.
| could take my oath you were Senator
Spoonbill; the same height, ide-whiskers,
long hair and dignifed, gentlemanly APP
pearanCe. Excuse me, sir, but YOU are not
really ioking?"
81 assure you, on my honor" said I, i'm
pressively, as | withdrew out of the throng
of passers- by, that | was never more
serious in my life. l am not Senator
Spoonful, but plain John Smith, of San
dusky, o."
Dear me-" CALCULATED the rather gen.
teel party, Il should never have thought
so. Besides, one of the Senator's eccen-
tricities is always to carry in his hand a
black travelling bag with many of his val
uables inclosed in it, just such a one as
you have in your hand at present."
"My FRIEND" said |, 81 know nothing of
the Senator's peculiarities, and further
more l am hot the man to carry my money
or valuables i'll a hand bag, which might
be snatched from m eby the first desperate
| should meet. No, sir; whatever money
l carry about me is safely inclosed in my
pocket book, where the thief or design
ing rascal can not even see or lay a hand
on it.'
"You do quite right, sir" meekly replied
my new acquaintance. and | hope you will
excuse me for the mistake | made in stop
ping you"
Don't mention it, my FRIEND" replied,