Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-10-04

election. II IS the generally aecrptesl view
that this vast fund, which will probably
be- s~ellel o. = n,Ind million within three
we-ks, will l- appDriionai among the
states II Indiana, New Jersey and Conn.,c-
iienf with liberal allowances Esrthe North
western States that are wayering in their
allegiance 10 the g. o. p. II i regarded a
probable also that Committee viii take
little ''fyer" in the direction Of West
Virginia, which is the only Southern State
they are pretending 10 make fight in.
The industrious statisiicians at Demo
cratic Headquarters smile when asked
about these calculations II the cnerny.
t"'inting New York ana the So,rth a.
i"Tcg,'ne conclusions, they assert with great
carnestners that the deficit at Is electoral
N''tcs viii bc made up several times over.
Indiana, they say, is quite AS safe rs New
York, and is just big enough 10 DO the
business. New jersey and Connection,
combined also nil the bill 10 nicely with
out the aid Of the Hoosiers. Then there
are California and Nevada and the North
western States as promising Democratic
reserve fund.
That intermittent canari about the re-
tirement of Col. Brice from the chairman
ship Of the Democratic Campaign CON-
mittee bobbed up again yesterday. II was
Of course promptly denied, having not the
slightest foundation in fact. Col. Brice's
friends attribute these reports a. the persis-
tent and malicious hostility oi The Sun.
Instead 81 being superseded. he has merely
isr'n rc-cntnnaSl by Senator German, who
with Chairman Barnum will remain here
from now until election assisting in the
dire tion of the campaign.
They believe in sharp campaigns up in
this country. In this city, five weeks be-
'rcslcc.ion, not a single Congressional
domination has been made, while all the
parties and factions are at sea TO the local
tickets. Since Tammany's big Chief, Gro
srr returned lrou his interview with the
PRESIDENT, these people who had hoped for
ihm"cratic Union On the local nominees
have made up their minds TO be disappoint-
eI Iammany's decision 10 20 it alone has
hccn rcasscrted with more noise than usual,
and the County Democracy seems equally
obstinate. The President, it is semi official
ly stated, declined 10 make any suggestion
in the promises, and the general belief is
that he thinks dual Democratic local tickets
will have salutary effect upon the State
and National tickets
4 painful sequel has come 10 the mon
str"us swindle perprctrated by a contiden-
Iial clerk, Bedell on the law-firm of Ship
man, Barlow, Larocque * Choate. This
clever scoundrel by forged mortgages sue
ceeded in duping his employers out OF
$500 ,OOO, which was lost in gambling shops
and at horse-races. He is now in the
Tombs with the prospect of almost life SER
yitudc before him. The saddest part of il
is that the miSfortunes ofthe firm so proved
upon the mind IF is cashier, Mr.. Dodge
that he killed himself in lit Of temporary
insanity The public naturally jumped to
the conclusion that the cashier was inyolv.
cd in Bedells peculations; but an examina-
ton of his account reveals the most scru-
pulous exactneSs.
A be draggled party of immigrants who
landed at Castle Garden yesterday, attract.
ed more than usual attention. There were
old men and women, but young girls rang
ing in age from ID TO S'years, largely pre-
dominated II was ascertained more by
accident than otherwise that the destination
of these people was Salt Lake City, ant
that they were in charge of two proseltins
Elders who had brought them from Switzer
land The girls frankly admitted thei
conversion to the Mormon faith, polygimN
and all. II is very unlikely though tina
they will get any nearer 10 the Temple o
the Latter days Saint, rs the case is being
officially investigated.
New York has crank who thinks h
:. can stop the ravages Of the yellow feve
1 scourge in jitfy. His scheme seems all
daciously plausible. BY certain mechani
: cal and chemical devices which he claim
to have perfected, il is proposed 10 manu-
facture frost, and the inventor says there
no reason why the artificial product shoul'
not prove quite as efficacious in killing tn
! germs Of the diseases as the genuine article
Ii Jack Frost TO order will do the work
will indeed be blessed novelty.
FRANK K. VAUGHAN