Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-24


are at variance with the expectation
that this opinion of the majority will
obtain acquiescence from all.
OUR imports of merchandise in April
nearly reached a value of seventy y-two mil
lions; our exports, sixty-three and half
millions Counting the transfers of coin
and bullion tho excess Of imports over cx.
ports for the month was S2,2ls, 100, but for
the twelve months ending April 8Oth the
excess Of ex ports over imports of merchan.
disc and gold land silver was e4I, ,2a3, $780,
In April 6l,2l2 immigrants landed In tho
United States, but this does not include
those who came over the Canadian and
Mexican borders. About 5000 Of them
came from Great Britain and 1900 from
Germany, while Italy sent 10000.
THE Brimmef pleasure drive idea is a
good one and should be heartily encour-
aged. About three fourths of the citizens
of Lancaster have no idea VI the pictur-
esque beauty of the drives within two
hours circuit of this city, and those out
lined are among the best.
The American Wool Reporter says that
there are many Republicans who believe
In free wool but will vote for higher duties
rather than abandon their party. "And
there are still other Republicans (and these
arc far more numerous) who are not In
favor OF free wool, but who arc In favor OF
q revision Of the tariff In the direction of
reduced duties. Now, while these last
mentioned voters admit that they will
eventually reach tho forks of the road
where the Republican party must either
accede TO their wishes or be abandoned by
them for a time, yet they are not willing
to be prematurely carried into the Demo-
cratic camp"
II is then, in the opinion Of this non par
tisan trade journal, only a question of timo,
and the Mckinley bill and extravagant
legislation OF this Congress ought to con
vince many that they have arrived at tho
forks and must abandon the party of
high taxes, lavish expenditure and the
bloody shirt.
Consul JOHNSON, Of Hamburg, reports
that the board Of chemical examiners of
Kiel have found that large quantities of
American dried sliced apples contained
oxide of zinc, free from water, In such pro-
portions as TO be pernicious to health. The
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THE Pennsylvania Fish Protective associ-
alton sends out circular calling attention
to the new fishery laws of Pennsylvania,
approved In May 1889. Fishing with any
kind of a net " at any tilne in any year,
in any rivers, streams or waters" is pro-
hibited, but the prohibition does not ex-
tend to shad, herring or sturgeon fishing.
ia n la (tul tn Iii
net or fishing basket, or any permanently v
set means of taking fish, and wing walls or
walls Of any kind can not be built.
Any fish commissioner, fish warden,
deputy warden, sheriff, deputy sheriff,
constable, policeman or any special officer
of this commonwealth Is hereby authorized
to destroy any fish basket eel-weir, fyke
net, pound net. shore net, drin net, dip
net, wing walls, or any Illegal device
named in any section of this act, and they
are hereby authorized TO arrest forthwith, D,
any person or persons placing, erecting,
using or fastening them, or any person or
persons interfering with any of tho above
officers In the discharge uf their duties.
Any of the above named officers are here
by authorized to apprehend, arrest and i'm
medistely take any person who may bC
guilty OF the violation of any of the pro-
visions or sections of this act, or the viola
ton Of any of the laws of this common.
wealth. In reference to illegal fishing, be.
fore any justice Of the peace, magistrate, OF
other legally constituted authority, DC. (Ex.
tract Section |, 2, 7 and p. l.. 1889, p. 267
etc.
Penalty for infractions of any above
laws, one hundred dollars fine, or six
months imprisonment or BOTH one half o
tho fine shall be for the benefit of the
prosecutor and balance shall be paid to tho
treasurer OF the county, etc. Extract Sec
tion p. L., 1889, p. 27o.l
1t shall not be lawful to catch or kill by
any means whatever, any rock bass, wall
eyed pike, otherwise called Susquehanna
salmon, species recently introduced into
the Delaware river, within two years from
the passage of this act, under u penalty
OF ten dollars for every such fish caught or
had In possession. (Section S =. L., 1880
p. 282.)"
This law is extremely severe and in
spite of the reward of fifty dollars offered
for the apprehension of each offender 1t il
not likely that it can be rigdly enforced.
So long as Maryland refuses to take SINH
lar pains to protect the fish it is too much
to expect that our Susquehanna fishermen
will appreciate the beauties of an ar
rangement that compels them to re-
frain from using nets for the ben
cit OF their neighbors II few miles
down the riyer,and its savors of oppression
aud the spirit of the old poaehtng laws ia
threaten the poor man. who may catch a
few fish in net r few feet north of the
MARYLAND i.EF..sNr. six months in prison
or hundred dollars fine, or both. A man
may Steal horse, burn barn or break a
|pank and get of with punishment little
worse than this The law forbidding sal
mon fishing for two years under fine OF
ten dollars fish did not prevent large
numbers of them from being caught last
season by worthy citizens who were prob
ably unaware of the costly nature of their
entertainment from legal point of view.
TALKING BACK AT JUDGE.