Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-05

conferred upon them, and II Americans
of distinguished services were rewarded
by title there would be scrambllng for
name-handles, In spite of the general
contempt for the abused foreign article.
WHO killed Annie I,econeyf Her slayer
IL not likely 70 feel tho halter draw, since
the Camden county authorities lost time
BY pursuing wrong clues.
The Forth bridge 10 one of the greatest
engineering triumphs Of this age Of engin-
eering. It Ii moro than twice tho length OF
the Brooklyn bridge, and has three piers
In the water from whieS rise tho huge can.
tiiever towers making two Of the longest
spans In the world. Each Of the two great
spans " I l,7i0 feet in length, very little short
Of third Of q mile. No such distance has
ever before been covered by bridge spans
Of 10 great LENGTH The only one approach
II in longth is the Brooklyn bridge, which
covers 1000 feet from pier to pier" The
towers that support these spans rise to a
height Of three hundred and sixty feet.
WOULDN'T Quay In WINDOWS place
make Uncle Sans buzzard dollars jingle
In Wall street, He should have been given
the portfolio Of tho secretary of tho treas
ury In view Of his brilliant administration
Of Pennsylvania finances.
ir the members Of the agricultural soci-
ETY. who disapprove Of superintendent Of
road-msking would take drive to-day
over the roads connecting the pixies In the
neighborhood Of. Lancaster, they would
and II difficult to hold tho belief that
the makers of roads do not need
superintendence. Supervisor Creswell,
OF Eden, was particularly careful to
explain his method of road making,
but any one who will drive out the New
Holland pike 10 Eden and then try 10
reach the Strasburg pike by tho road along
tho creek, will vow, II he lives to tell the
tale, that the supervisor Of that road
should be stood on his head In every.
one OF the hundreds Of mud holes
and yawning chasms that here ap-
pal the traveller. Mr.. Cresswelps work
may be all right, but II so, tho contrast
with this road ought to prove the necessity
OF "a superintendent to keep all supervisors
up to the mark. No doubt many other
roads could be found quito as terrible to
man and beast and the many rains do not
excuse their condition, for in a country
like this roads should never be impossible,
no matter what the weather.
A LETTER from Hamilton, Bermuda, To
the New York Times describes in graphic
detail the proceedings when in that port OF
Commander McCalla, OF the Enterprise,
and some Of his officers. As supplement-
Ing the stories Of harsh discipline and
abuse brought homo by tho crew Of the
vessel this Bermuda letter Is very interest
ing, for II shows that instead of sullen
tyrant the captain was on one occasion, ut
least, very Jolly tar in fact much too
jolly for the dignity and good name
OF the navy. Not a word of this
story has been breathed by either officers
or men and 1t only now leaks out because
an American gentleman at Bermuda felt Il
his duty to report the facts to the navy de-
partmsnt and a correspondent therefore
makes them public. The story runs that
the ship reached Bermuda on Washing
tons birthday and that the captain and
three officers came ashore and "painted
the town rod." They became very much
intoxicated, but seem to have done no
harm beyond making themselves and the
navy laughing stock. The McCalla In
vestigation promises revelations that may
result In general overhauling of the
navy.