Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-16
PERSONAL.

sALvNL the Italian tragedien, has
signed a contract to play five months in
this country.
DR.. TANNER will visit his fathcr-i in-law,
in Ohio, this week and will probably re-
turn to New York in September, when he
will begin his lecturing tour.
In Paris LeVoltaire announces the death
Of Marshal BAzA1NE, and says his body,
escorted by three Spanish soldiers, passed
through Limoges on the 18th instant.
FREDERICK MAY, who horsc-whipped
James Gordon Bennett and fought sham
duel with him, got drunk and hilarious at
tho West End hotel, Long Branch, tried
to run the whole house and landed in the
lookup.
Rev. JAMES GIBBONS, D. D., archbishop
of Baltimore and primate of the Catholic
church in the United States, will to-day
celebrate the twelfth anniversary of his
elevation to the episcopacy, as will also
the Right Rev. Thomas A. Becker, ID. d.,
bishop Of Wilmington, DEL, and tho
Right Rev. Joseph p. Macheb~uf, ID. d.,
Vicar Apostolic Of Colorado, all three Of
these prelates having been consecrated to-
gether on the 10th of August, 1868.
Notwithstanding the recent defeat of
the bill advocated by tho Prince of Wales
and his brothers to legalizc a marriage OF
a man with whom his deceased wife s sister,
Sir ALEXANDER GAIT, who represents the
Dominion Of Canada in England, and who
married his sistcr-in-law, is received in the
best society Of tho English capital. But
this is not any moro remarkable than the
fact that whilo English society crushes an
ordinary woman who goes astray, it re-
ceived and welcomed Sara Bernhardt, an
actress who has never been married, but
who has three children.
ALEXANDER w. ROCKS, senior proprie-
tor of tho Pittsburgh Despatch, died Satur
day evening. He was IS years Of age, and
had been suffering for some time past
from a complication of disorders. He was
amember of the Western Associated Press.
knight Templar, Odd Fellow and Knight
of Pythias. He was very charitable. His
journalistic career began at the early age
Of 16, at which time he published weekly
at Greensburg, Pa. He then came to
Pittsburgh, and shortly afterwari associ-
ated with Daniel O'Neil and J. Heron
Foster in the publication of the D;tp1t:;,
his energy aud excellent business Gualiii-
cations contributing largely to the success
of that paper.
ALEXANDER D. BRowN. of Baltimore,
member Of one Of the richest mercantile
families of that city, and Of high social
standing, has scandalizsd himself and
friends by marrying Miss Laura Hobson. q
notorious leader of the demi-monie there,
and proprietress Of infamous houses that
have been before the courts. The groom 5
mother caused to be erected the Brown
memorial church, which is now occupied
by one of the wealthiest Presbyterian con-
gregations in Baltimore. The bride and
groom are spending the honeymoon at
Brookland Wood, the country place Of the
groom, and refuse to SEQ any visitors. Tie
bride, who is said to be worth $3.50, 600 in
her own right, is about IS years old, but
looks scarcely Is. She is said to be unus-
ually good looking and is we'll educated.
This is tho second marriage in Baltimore
of member Of q notable family to wO-
man Of bad reputation.