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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-13

The bill 70 increase the efficacy Of TIE
signal corps OF the army should Teceive
more careful attention than was given to
the project for transferring the woather
bureau to the agricultural department. A.
the work II In no sense military that would
have been the proper basis for the insugu-
ration of the much needed reform, but the
wide distribution Of military posts through
remote parts, where weather observations
are OF value, the high average Of intelligence
OF the officers aud tho well founded Inn
preston that they usually need something
70 do operated 70 keep the weather under
military surveillance. II only takes about
500 men, but is one OF the straws
that weaken the skeleton army. II wo
continueto maintain our small apology for
On army we should st least make II perfect
In It's way, and the study OF winds and
temperature IL hardly military way. We
turn out Cfioers from the West Point
school claimed 70 10 the best military
college In the world, and then we send
them 70 superintsnd polioe duty over the
Indians or TO massacre time In some
garrison; ana Of the small handful Of men
under him each efiicsr finds . large pro-
portion taken for work not military. We
should have . little model army composed
OF the keenest OF rifl smen, tho most expert
srtilloris.s and thorough csvalrymen, but
instead We have force largely composed OF
uniformed laborers, snd by bad manage
ment and false economy have neither au
army, nor single fort OF value, nor signal
service. This and other non. n.military work
should 30 especially provided for. 20 that
mon need not DO taken out Of the army for
It. though there In no reason why weather
observations should not still be required
from military posts. Tho army should b
kept In constant activity, - foreign armies
are, periec.ing itself In oil the
arts Of war with the best Of weapon,
assembling In large bodies for
autumn and spring mar 9uvsrs, and pre-
pairing itself TOR the sudden expansion that
Is expected OF It when emergency srises.
Az Congress has decided TO leave the signal
corps In the army tho next best thing 1t
can do 10 to give that invalid ward q shak ing
mp. for II Is humiliating to have the weather
forecasts OF these United States inferior In
sccuracy TO the omens OF every old woman
with goose bono.
II We can't have clean boned, healthy
skeleton army, lot Us by all means have .
respectable corps OF weather prophets
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-13

II
~ onrueafy q Agriculture.
y o1nm1mionoe of agriculture has
unu1 - secretary ana cabinet
y. Jrnt WY this should b We DO
nou. We perceive no good reason
nuloGlng ~ cabinet q for promo
- SA1ee q agrlculturs. Thecabinet
Doo4 hoVo ocoaeion y consider eeri-
nu1 QuouGios vsry oftsn, nor - On
oE1in ogrSeultazS particularly qualified
<rnool0ua1ooal adviser OF the execu.
- uultafarious cares OF the interior
uonens had besn moro Ievenly di.
- up, thEU would have been good
neion 6oe another cabinet officer,
- that = clearly IN overloaded do.
11meuk, end no one man can take
Gp8 cAargs u it.
u le ~ charge Of the public lands should
- cEnns1sETsd 70 the secretary Of sgri-
|1GnnEo thege would b enough business
- Mn - Do; but there b hardly enough
~ tsupa nstclass man on the alert in
- discharge Of the present duties Of the
n Sdeultural department.
zhen \ . prevalent belief that the de-
9tmsnt b humbug, maintained only to
issGkht The farmers eye" and to make
11om believe that the administration
- Z real intsrest In agriculture and ID
n1ng ~ |" lsvel best to take careof the
19x,oultunl industry. II also serves .
Svoy useful purpose In enabling the con-
1uBman 70 bestow polite attention upon
- constituents, in the way Of sending
1nRm seeds. This ID the same use that the
~. docs. serve they show the voter
Sute belongs to the coDgressman's party.
k>Ank he has . faithful representative and
3slond at Warrington and great re-
,lnnos h placed, By the congressman de-
1lling reelection, upon the assiduous
! 1l1exibution Of his quota OF books and
ooods.
Beyond these benefits Of the bureau Of
aenenlturc, The general public has not
I'm able heretofore to recognize Its value
- TIE country and unless the secretary
'ee agriculture Il given something else to
\ ~ his Office d likely to Gall into contt mpt,
s s1oWn at the tail end Of the cabinet as 1t
Wi1l b at any rate.
\ xhe present secretaries have al respon.
fob1o duties. Only the treasury, pest.
onse Jaw and interior department. furnish
Sp1gk enough for full grown man; but
- seate department makes up in the
SnlC.ity Of its duties for their lightness
~ ths war and navy chiefs could find
{ n1Gnty 10 do II they were soldiers and
oanorS. Itn because they are civilians,
<1ausly designed to be ornamental - sec.
SDnxiss, thss they recline at their eas,,
NAils some one who knows how does the
yogk.
le The government can do anything for
- agricultural interest, we shall rejoice,
\ 1oeause Il Il not fiourishiDg industry,
1nd it ought to flourish; but We think
so1nt it Is getting . very small boon In
snelng . given cabinet officer. We do not
80 that this Il . gift that will make the
I'm moro fruitful or profitable.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-13

DR.. Bu,i's Cough syrup has been before tho
pubic for yesrs, and is pronounced by thou
sands superior 70 all other articles for the cure
Of coushs, colds. Influenza and all pulmonary
COmplainta.
used salvation OIL for rheumatism in the
feet ana After several applications was en.
iireiy relieved Of pain and cOuld wal as we'll
o. ever. ANN y, WAcklkB, Baltimore, Nd.
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BEST COUGH CURE.

For all diseases Of the Throat and Lungs,
NO remedy Is SO safe, speedy ana certain as
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL. An indis-
pensabe family medicine.
~ ma Ayers Cherry Pectoral an invalua-
BILE remedy for colds. coughs and other all.
ments Of tho throat ana lupgs."- n. .. Hail.
dall, s0a broadway. Albany. MY.
~ have used Ayers Cherry Pec.oral for
brOnchilis And
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LUNG DISEASES.

for which believe II to be tho greatest meoi-
cine In tho worid."- j. ames Miller, CaIaway,
NC.
my wife had . distressing cough, with
pains in the eide and breast. We tried various
medicines. but mono did her any good until
got bottle OF Ayers Cherry Pectoral, which
has cured her A neighbor. Mrs. Glenn. had
the measles. ana the cough was relieved by
the use OF Ayers Cherry Pectoral. have no
hesitation in recommending this medicine ~
Bobcrt Horton. Foreman Headlight, Morrill,.
ton, Ark.
"Ayer's Cherry Pectorai cured me OF so.
we're cold which had settled on my lungs. NV
wife says the PsctorA helps her more than
any o'h"r medicine she ever used - Enos
Clark. NJ Liberty. Kansas.
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RANAAAR1R0

wAHAAAK2rS
rsnASslsIn. wedass1Ay. sss ~ ias.
Lightning has struck twice In
one spot.
Five months ago we told you
Of IS cent colored heavyweight
French Cashmere at 50 cents.
A most unlikely happening.
All we could get went over the
counters about as fast as yards
could be measured and cut.
What wonder I! They were
from the looms OF one Of the
best Cashmere makers in the
world. Twas like giving IS
cents In gold for half a dollar.
But here it is again ! The
same weight Cashmere, from
the same maker, and again at
so cents.
Not a whisper Of the makers
name. That's part Of the trade.
But II you know the best col
ored Cashmeres you won't
guess more than twice. No
better goods Of the weight can
be had at any price.
40 inches, spring shades.
Mar repfra n tAa sfoYa
Carpenters versus Cling
hams. An extra counter for
the Ginghams exhibited only
carpenters tools yesterday.
To-day it is occupied with the
goods.
| Northeast OF centre.
Old.fashioned Crochet Lace
again. Fashion says it. Pretty
as ever, tough as ever. Will
stand the romping OF the ronp.
INCEST child longer than any
stuff you're likely to put it on.
Irish hand.run White Cotton,
| "a to "a inches, 9 to 6oc.
Three inch goods in rich de-
signs, CSC to So. Same in pure
Linen, natural color, 81, 81, and
$a.25. Four inch, $3.50 and
$2.a5; eight inch, $4.7s.
Dentelle Merletti Is a new
Lace. Like a Guipure. Open,
coarse, full OF substance to the
eye. Look closely. Fine
threads twisted, looped into
graceful shapes. A dainty Lace
for all Its heaviness. There's a
little craze over it already.
Zine Cotton. vhito; twctone and nat.
H ss i6o% inch f'n ossr A. sss 70 y msseS
ss 20 and $40 IS.
Msain% Cotton Z, from TX inch at ioc to
inches at o. %.
2, $50. rs inch Ail:Oveis 70 match.
Chestnut street side. east Of Main Aisle
1t was quite pathetic to note
the disappointment Of many
late comers to the tables where
the Saxon Art Pottery was
offered at quarter prices yes
terday morning.
The buying cyclone had
gone through the lot by noon,
although some good selections
were made later, and a cor.
poral's guard Of small pieces
remains this morning.
But now a consolation collec.
ton of a few hundred more
pieces on the same counters
gathered and quartered In
price, as a peace offering tc
you who were saying yesterday
"it might have been"
About 200 pieces Bohemian
Glass, manufacturers samples,
epergnes, flower vases, gypsy
kettles almost like choice or,
chlds in shapes and colors, anc
so natural that you almost lool
into the little cups for the
morning dew-drops. Here i.
a specimen vase, was 81. so
then SI.25, now 62H cents.
| About 100 Baccarat glas.
bottles with metal tops fol
cologne, bay rum or toile,
water, plain white and aurora
Was there ever glass made
like the Baccarat of Paris ! The
prices were SI.25 to So 90, now
they are 33 to IS cents.
i And to enrich the offering
100 pieces choice Carneliar
glass, also Bohemian, the price:
OF which have been treated
with equal recklessness OF costs
and values.
| Ready at 9 o'clock this morn.
ing. And this ends the quarter
price business.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-13

NOTIOE TO TRESPAHSERS AND
Az GUNHER-.-All persons aIe hereby for
bidden to TN spass ON any OF the lands OF tho
Corn all ana spse sell estates In Lebanon or
Lancaster counties, v neither inclosed or unin.
closed. either fer the purpose Of shootipg oe
ss ainst all trespass Ing on said lands OF the un-
oorsigued sitsr this notice
WN. COLEMAN YREEnAM,
y. PEkCY ALDEN,
kDW. @. .B1EenANs
Attorneys for y. W. ColomAnb Helm
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-13

A YER's CHERRY pECTORAL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05

Mrs. Anna Livingston Morton, on her
mothers side, comes by descent from fam
ily-of colonial and Revolutionary distinc-
tion. In the affairs of those historic times
her ancestors were conspicuous in public
concerns. One of her branch of that family
was Chancellor Livingston, who admins
tered the oath of office to George Washing
ton, first President of the United States,
lust 100 years ago on the coming 30th OF
April.
MRS. LEVI P. MORTON.
The first wife of Vice President Morton
was Lucy Kimball, daughter of Elijah Kim
ball, a prominent citizen of Flatlands, L. 1.
They were married in 1854, the year of the
Fremont campaign. She died in 1871, leav-
ing no children.
- The present Mrs. Morton, married in 1873,
is daughter of the late VIM. T. Street, of
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, we'll known during a
long life for his public spirit. She is a
sister of VIM. A. Street, prominent law
yer of New York City, and niece of Alfred
B. Street. the Albany poet.
Miss Street in her maiden days was one of
the most beautiful women in her native city
and was greatly admired for her grace and
accomplishments. In her matured woman
hood, and the mother of five beautiful chill
dren, she. still holds the charms Of her
Younger days in features, form and man
ners. She grew up under the most favorable
influences of family and surroundings, and
as the wife of Lew P. Morton has shown
her skill as a social leader in the polite
hospitalities of her rifth avenue home in
New York, her seaside cottage, Fair
Lawn" at Newport; and her mountain re-
treat at Ellerslie, in tine historic vicinity of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05

soon made mark in his profession. In
1858 he became the Republican candidate
for District Attorney of Tioga county, and
though it was Democratic stronghold he
was elected. Two years later he was again
elected to the same Office.
He was elected to the Assembly in 1861
and year later he recruited the One Hum
dred and Ninth and One Hundred and
Thirth-seventh Regiments, and received his
commission as Colonel of the former regi-
ment from Governor Morgan. In the battle
in the thick of the fight. He was carried
from the field exhausted, but refused to go
to hospital, but led his command through
the three days fight at Spotsylvania, when,
being completely broken down, he was
forced to turn over his command to his
Junior officer. He subsequently was ten
dered and accepted the command of the One
Hundred and Twenty-seventh United States
colored troops.
After the war General Tracy settled in
New York and resumed his practice of the
law as one of the firm of Benedict, Tracy &
Benedict He was one of the, counsel for
the defense in the celebrated Beecher trial.
In 1866 General Tracy was made United
trict of New York, which position he held
until 1873, when he was forced to resign be-
cause of the growth of his private practice.
In 1881 he was appointed Judge of the
Court of Appeals and served one year.
General Tracy is we'll known breeder of
trotters and with his son owns the Marsh
land stud, at Apalach1n, Tioga county, N.
Y, where he has as stations Mambrino
Dudley, by Woodford Mambrino, record.
2.194: Cheltenham, by Oxmore, record,
2.2S, and Bravado, by Kentucky Wilkes.
General Tracy also owns Kentucky Wilkes,
by George Wilkes, record 2.21Z.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05

ardent admirer of General Harrison. Mil
Ter entered Hamilton College at 16 years of
age and was graduated at 20. When he left
college he taught school and studied law at
the same time for two years. He pur-
sued reading under the instruction of
Judge Waite of Toledo, o., afterward
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court. Completing his studies he returned
to Oneida county and was married. Soon
after he took his bride to Fort Wayne, Ind,
where he begran practice. He remained at
Fort Wayne eight years, and three children
were born to him there. The eldest is now
% years of age; the next, a son, is junior
at Hamilton College, and the third is a
daughter about II years of age. Miller rose
rapidly in his profession and soon stood at
the head of the Fort Wayne bar. In 1874
he received an offer of partnership with
General Harrison in indianapolis. The
offer was at once accepted, and he and his
family removed to Indianapolis and became
intimate friends and confdantes of the Har-
risons, the most intimate, it is stated, that
the President-elect ever had
In everything that pertains to his busl-
ness Mr.. Miller is model of precision, and
General Harrison has come to regard him
as absolutely necessary to him, whether in
or out of Office. The admiration Is mutual,
and the President-elect has no more disin-
terested admirer in the State than his former
law partner. Mr. Miller has grown rich in
the practice of the law, and his house in
indianapolis IS an elegant one.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05

young children, Benjamin Harrison, 2 years
old, and Mary Harrison Mckee, a few
months old, will add to the domestic
pleasures of the home of the President.
THE sEcRETARY's FAMILY.
The official household of the President,
represented by his private secretary, Elijah
w. Halford, will also have an interest in
the social life at the Executive Mansion.
Mrs Halford, although somewhat of an in
valid on account of tendency to bronchitis,
is a lady of pleasant manners and striking
appearance. She was Mary Frances Arm
strong, daughter of George W. Armstrong,
a merchant of Winthrop, Me-, ten miles
west of Augusta, where she was born. Her
girlhood was passed at that picturesque
post hamlet on the shore of Cobbosseecoute
waters, with its chain of lakelets and riv-
ers, tributary of the Kennebec river. Miss
Armstrong was educated at Keorts Hill
College Maine. After her graduation and
brief experience in society she was married
at Indianapolis, May l, 1866, to Elijah ".
Haltord, young and rising journalist.
Their only child, Jannette Halford, is not
yet in society, but being well advanced to-
ward the end OF her teens she will made her
debut during the first social season of the
new administration.
Mrs. Halford, on account of her health,
passed the winter In Florida with her
daughter.
1t may be said as an historic fact that for
the first time in the history of the Govern
ment the social surroundings of the Vice
President of the United States, the consti-
tutional heir presumptive to the presidency,
will be of character commensurate with
the dignity of the chief place in the legisla-
tive arm of the Government and the second
post OF national election.
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Governor of the State. Among the reasons
given for the recognition by the new Presi-
dent of the Green Mountain State in Cabi-
net councils are, first, the eminence Of ex-
Governor Proctor in his party, it being
stated that he virtually controls the party
in his own State, and, second, the fact that
he, as the Chairman of the Vermont delega-
ton to the Chicago Convention, last year,
was head of the only delegation in the whole
body which voted solidly for Harrison, first,
last and all the time.
Ex-Governor Proctor has all his life been
engaged in trade" being in every sense
self-made man, who has managed to get to-
gether respectable fortune in State that
is not noted for being burdened with wealth.
He lives at Proctor,a town founded by him,
and which is situated few miles from Rut-
land. He is in practical control of the
whole output of the Vermont marble quar-
ries, and is one of the largest dealers in that
commodity in the United States.
At his home at Proctor he is a farmer on
large scale, where he owns one of the
finest hocks of Winkley merino rams and
ewes in the world. Throughout tine State
of Vermont Mr.. Proctor is highly respected,
and has the reputation of being square
man."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05

Gle. the wives of the Senators. In her
| Washington residence of six years Mrs.
Harrison extended her sphere of usefulness.
Her name was associated with noble chari-
ties and church work The Garfield Hos
pital owes its present success in large de-
gree to her active interest as one of its first
directors.
In appearance Mrs. Harrison is type of
matronly beauty. In figure she shows the
generosity of nature in a well-rounded form
and in mind natures equal benefcence, ex-
panded by training in the requirements of
a liberal education, drawn from the broad
est opportunities A lavish growth of hair,
silvered with the threads of little over a
half century of life, and floating in curly
waves over a well-shaped head and ending
in a graceful coil, her regular features and
dark, expressive ewes form picture of
ripened womanhood. She has a voice soft
ened by the instincts OF gentle nature, and
a gift of conversation which, while ami
mated, is still thoughtful.
The tastes of Mrs. Harrison lie in the di-
rection of art. Her works in water eolors
are the evidences of her gifts and applica-
tion to her favorite recreation.
American womanhood may feel honored
that it will have at the head of the domestic
and social environments OF the new execu-
tive household one so fair and gifted as Mrs.
Harrison.
During a portion of the Senatorial term
of Benjamin Harrison, Alvin Saunders oc-
cupied a seat in the same body as Senator
from Nebraska Each Senator had a daugh-
ter, both were named Mary, both were great
favorites In Washington society, and were
particularly fond of each other. This sis
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About the same time Mr.. Scott, having
completed his educational and theological
studies, came to Washington, Pa, as an in
structor in the old Washington College be-
fore it WAS united with its rival, jefferson
The old acquaintance were renewed, and
soon after Mary Neal, the bank cashiers
daughter, became the wife of John W.
Scott, the professor. Some 40 miles in a
northwesterly direction from Cincinnati.
O., Is the rural town of Oxford. As early
as 1926 it was made the seat of Miami Uni
versity, founded under the patronage OF the
State. These important educational inter-
ests subsequently led to the establishment
of the Oxford Female College and the
Western Female Seminary. OF the former
Rev. John W. Scott had become President.
HARRISON AS A LOVER.
There was a student at Oxford at this
time bF the name OF Benjamin Harrison
He had passed from Farmers College into
the Miami University, and graduated at
the age Of is years, tribute in itself to his
industry and mental capabilities The
young student, in the midst of his pursuit
of learning, found himself overtaken by
love. The daughter Of the worthy man of
God and erudition was the object of his af-
fection. John Scott Harrison, the father of
the student, was too warm-hearted and lib
eral to Law by much of earths stores or even
to take a selfish care of what he received
BY inheritance. The patrimoniai estate
had diminished in acres and the family
exchequer in cash under his management,
which left Benjamin to make his own way,
with good education as his capital and the
world as his field for investment. 1t was g
trying situation into which to he driven by
implacable fate, to sever the tender ties
which held him at Oxford for the unemo-
fional experiences of a student at law in the
firm of Bellamy Stover and Abram Gwynn.
OF Cincinnati. The very name has a musti-
ness about it which savored of much law
and learning. He finished his toilsome
journey up the rugged highway of jurispru-
dence. and the first thing thereafter, like a
sensible young man, wended his way back
to Oxford.
On October 20, 1853, he there made Miss
Carrie Scott his bride. The prospects in
life for the young couple were not bright. as
the world goes, but the young people were
full of hope. Their united fortunes in love
made them contented, and with happy