Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-04
HERE AND THERE.


Beaver Gen. Alex. III. Coflroth, of Somer-
set, and Judge Cyrus Pershing were law stu.
dents in the Office of the late jeremiah ). |
Black at the same time.
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Col. Il. Bruce Ricketts,, the Democratic |
candidate for lieutenant governor Capt |
VIM. MCCiellsnd, secretary of the Demo |
cratic state committee Capt Jas III. Cooper,
who was named in the Democratic state con-
vention for auditor general, and who ran for
surveyor general in 1871, and Ell. II. Flood,
a Democratic politician of Philadelphia ali
commanded batteries in the First Pennsyiva-
mia artillery.
Beaver is a Presbyterian Black is an
Episcopslisn, aud Wolfe a Baptist.
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happened in the little town of Beaver the
other day and had the good luck to take an
hours drive up and down its broad and we'll
shaded streets, through its spacious squares
and among its enyirous. Whoever laid II
out left four great grassy squares in the CEN
tire of the town, where the court house and
two churches find sites, the town boys play
base ball and the gay geese pasture. AT each
corner of the town is another broad square,
or " commons" and nearly every house has
ample grounds. What a lovely situation 1t
Is lOT u nOut-llhc kpNu 4
stopped for ten minutes to chat with Quay
and when looked upon his splendid private
library, l said to him ii had such a coy
home and ample array of books-more than
he can read the rest of his life, If the good do
| die young-l would not trouble Pennsylva-
| MIA politics
| Judge Agnew looks rs spry as boy. l
| know OF no man in the state who grows old
so slowly. His cheek is " like rose in
snow" His son, Senator Frank, is building
house for himself, his wife and their first
baby.
| Adjoining Beaver and each other are the
brisk towns of Rochester, New Brighton,
| Eallston, Beaver Falls and Bridgewater--s
cluster Of workshops that chained together,
would make a city of $1,000 population.
lTTS.---.s. sc.,-pany OF spectators
49,. ,,ift, tss old Hsrmonist town OF Econ.
| omy, up the river, where the gas wells are
| burning all day. Their splendid farms and
tue eligible location, with oil on tap and gas
lowing from the earth, are supposed to oiler
| rare inducements for the establishment of
| manufactures. But ] suspect the quaint old
| owners Of that town will never part with
their homestead until they are translated.
Natural gas is working wonders for Pitts
burg, sure enough. \ gentleman told me
| that in his establishment the same work was
now done with gas fire at an annual cost OF
| $4,000 as used to cost Sl52, ,OU0 with coal. But
| the advantages of clean aud st ady fire,
never before had, are working even greater
| wonders. French plate glass is now be-
| ing made, or will soon be made, in PittsbuTg
OF quality superior TO any France ever
| saw.
l heard a queer polittc0pro(essional story
in Western Pennsylvania the other day, 1t
happened years age. Two doctors were part.
ners. medical student in their office eN-
humed the body OF young woman lately
deceased in the neighbOThood and used it as
a subject for dissection. The professional
partners differed and separated one Of
them was popular Democrat and was nomi-
mated by his party-in minority-for the
legislature. His late partner made vicious
opposition, and started a story OF "grave
robbery ascribing to the preceptor the OF
fense OF his student Much excitement pre-
vailed the young sawbOues led the coun.
| try but he was not the object of the game,
| and the persecution OF the old doctor was
| waged with great bitterness. The grave that
had been robbed was examined and, so far a.
| its emptiness went to confirm the story, it
was verified. The " higs had the legislative
| candidate prosecuted and indicted, not only
| for violation OF the sepulchre, but for larceny
| in stealing the grave clothes. That was
| going a little too far, and quick reaction set
| in. The Democrats, who knew their nomi-
nee was guiltless and would be vindicated,
| insisted on speedy trial Judge Agnew was
their own case but 1t was pushe to &C
clusion the jury yindicated the eiend
| aud the people elected him by 60 majority to
| the legisature--a result that might not have
been accomplished but that his enemies over
reached themselves. There is such thing
as OVERRIDING it, even in politics. The subject
OF this story is long dead, but his son has
served IN Congress will. high credit, being
also elected in an opposition district, was a
distinguished soldier, and Is an influential
politician.
Out around Beaver they point you with
pride to the big bridge that spans the Ohio
the iron trestle approaches that run above
the tree tops and, in fact the entire Pitts
burg 4 Lake Erie railroad, from Pittsburg to
Youngstown, Ohio, as the achievment OF a
| Lancaster contractor who, sngle-handed,
took this biggest venture that any one per-
son ever laid hold of in this country and
pushed 1t promptly to completion.
The author of the " liens " has a new
story completed, called :" The Players" and
1t has been bought up by a newspaper syndi.
! cate to be run a. a serial. l hear from Lon
| don that "The Aliens" has been reprinted
| there in the English two-volume shape and
| of a broadside of reviews all except that OF
| the AheH6Rm are favorable, Its animosity
| Is not hard to understand by those who
know the clique controlling that concern.
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| 20 10 cam pLnesllngs OCCASIONALLY. l
| heard little boy at Ocean Grove the other
day, in answer to a preachers inquiry as to
| whether he wanted salvation, say Well,
| III buy half a quart ot it, If Uncle Fred
| gives me the money" The child was only
| five years old. Out OF tho mouths OF babes,
| &c.
The New Jersey Democrats generally talk
| OF the nomination of " Bob " Green for gov.
ernor of GOV. Abbets succession to Sewell
in the United States Senate, and they see no
way out for the bedeviled Republicans Of
| that state except for them to fall in and SUP
| port Gen. Clinton Il. Fisk, the Prohibition
nominee. II they light on this prong of the
| fork they will be hurt Just as much.
Ben Lee is also talked of for governor
| this year across the river. He has been
wheel horse of the New Jersey Democracy
| Tor nearly generation, and has been clerk
| OF the supreme court of that state since when
the memory OF man runneth not contrary
wise ! suspect the emolumentS OF that
place overlay the gubernatorial salary about
threefold. Moreover, IL Lee should be
elected governor he would shortly be an ex-
| governor the woods arc full of ex-goyernors
In New Jersey, and Lee Is not of the sort to
be "ex anything.
paced up and down the long piazza OF a
seaside hotel the other evening with ex-Sen.
ator Francis Herman, OF New York. He
looks amazingly we'll and takes a delightful