Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-12-02
WAYSIDE CHANCES.

How would Brother James Black do for
the Mexican mission He Is puLque proof
-.
In a remarkably frsnk interview with a
New York newspaper, Capt ChaS A.
Mackey, whom VIM L. Scott has twice de
teated for Congress, blames 1t all on Doodle
and then with charming HGiUete Mackey re-
lates: ave sent trusted men TO agents OF
Scott with whom they made bargains and
from " hom they received money, with the
understanding that they would work for
him, and thus we have captured a part OF his
Doodle and have evidence OF the manner in
which he obtained his election" This dis
creditable admission only proves anew that
one of the chief elements OF SCOTS strength
was Msckey's weakness Like Doodle
Roberts he forced himself on an unwilling
constituency and his dlsgraceful military
record, combined with other clements Of
weakness, compelled a reputation OF the
dose.
The matrimonial columns Of the PLuadel-
phis newspapers bear daily testimony to the
| unpopulsrity of the marriage license law and
| the facility with which it is evaded on the
| borders of a neighbOr state aud in a city
| where ferry rates are cheaper than court fees.
Out OF ten marriage notices in tO-day's Press
nearly sll of Pennsylvania, eight were
| sOemnizsd in Camden. All OF the six
| Times notices are Camden weddings and
announcements
Thus 1t goes nearly every day Kew J. y
Duke street n. ~ E. E5o'~SIig c6grch, {" ,his ihs
| city, seems to he a f4vorite splirer
Of these trans Delaware couples and the
Camden clergy are reaping rich profits at the
expense OF their Philadelphia brethren. In.
deed 1t Is suggested tha! they freely publish
their weddings a. kind OF standing adysr-
usement and invitation 10 the DlushiDg bride
grooms of the Keystone state. 1t Is likely
~ .r oh
great demand at the next conference.
The entente cOrd.Gte between recent pOliu-
| cal enemies is fully established by the ap.
| pointment OF young James G.. Blaine, ir., as
| reporter on Chris Magee's PIttsburg Tunes.
But II }. hay Brown is not made attorney
| general-n?
Michael Arnold, who has Just been chosen
| Junior grand warden Of the Grand Lodge OF
Masons in this state-the stepping stone to
the higher otttces-is one OF the two Demo
cratic judges IN Philadelphia He was
elected in lSS2 in the camp psign so brilliantly
managed by the present postmaster, ". f.
Harrity. Judge Arnold Is in the prime OF
life, dignitied, genial and able. He Is c ose
friend and Masonic Prolege of the le0nine
Richard NauX.
George McGowan's reelection to the pres-
dency OF the Americus club is to be disDuted
by John Welsh, sailmaker, a power in the
club and aforetime its leading spirit The
issue is a personal one and Welsh Is likely TO
WIN. he carries less sail but more ballast
than Mctiowan.
Ten years ago Francs. Murphy began his
temperance work in Plttsburg. A few nights
ago the event was celebrated in an enthusi.
| astic meeting, at which Murphy and other
blue ribbon orators addressed the meeting
The veteran temperance eXhorter shows little
eHects OF his arduOus work. His hair has
whltened and his form has grown more 70.
tund, but he Is the same genial, hearty man
VINO grasps his hearers with a grip " hiCh in
dicates that his physical powers are vet un.
touched by decline Amid all the earnest.
ness OF the meeting there was a dash Of
humor In IL that is worth recalling
John Fullerton, of Sharon, in telling his eX
periences, brought down the house by saving
that ne was no speeC h-m maker, and that If the
people wanted TO know the good OF the
Murphy movement they should ask his wife
and babies. When Fullerton signed the
| pledge his wife weighed 100 pounds: now
she levels the beam at 200. 1t Is frightiul to
thlnk OF the total increase of feminine avoir-
| duPols, II the Murphy movement got a firm
| grip on Lancaster.
| The Perry county Democrat has a novel
| way OF encouraging subscribers to pay for
their paper 1t publishes a weekly list of
| those who have paid their subscriptions A
| published list OF those who have not paid
would make more spicy reading.
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1t Ii great scheme tnat has been adopted
by the Delaware, Lickswsnns * Western
railroad, suspending all firemen in the EN-.
ploy OF that company who are under twenty.
one years OF age. The object of this order is
| TO give employment TO married men who are
| IN the service OF the company, and who have
| lately suffered from short time. The induce
mteht 10 hatrlnony In this order is such that
| the clergymen OF the section in which il
operates Will doubtless be kept busy tving
| nuptial knots for months to come.