Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-10
PERSONAL.

PROCTOR KNOTT is of the opinion that
Tilden is not the best man for the Demo-
cratic nomination.
General GRANT visited Mobile yesterday
accepted the hospitalities of the cotton ex-
change afterward held reception for col
ored people at the United States court room
and returned to New Orleans last night.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN sent his check for
S., 600 to Eugene Kelly s. Co. yesterday,
with the request that it be forwarded to
the account of the Duchess of Marlborough
Irish relief fund.- This is Mr.. Tilden's
second contribution. The first was also
So. 600
The ex-Empress EUGENIE before start
ing for Zululand, presented her imperial
crown to the church of NOtre Dame des
Victories, Paris. 1t is of great value on
account of its artistic composition and the
number of precious stones it contains. She
left it behind, with most Of her valuables,
in her hurried flight from the Tuilleries,
but in the subsequent arrangement of her
affairs, after the commune, it was restored
to her.
The Democratic county committee meet
ing in York yesterday was a particularly
full one and considerable feeling prevailed.
All resolutions We're tabled. and there was
no expression of presidential preference.
w. F. Bay Stewart was elected senatorial
delegate A. w. Hetric1. John J. HES
tand, John Geiscy and William Hcltzel.
representative delegates. They will all
! support CHAUNCEY F. BLACK for delegate
| to the national convention.
Mrs. FRANCES IoDGsoN BURNETT, the
! novelist, has gone to Niagara Falls to have
her foot on Canadian soil when her new
novel, g louisiana" is published in Lon
| don, so as to get the benefit of the British
copyright law. She will stay only SO long
| as this object requires, and on her return
she proposes to take her first glimpse at
! New England, staying for a few days with
friends in Springfield. Mrs. Burnett is
now engaged on new work, the publica.
ton of which will probably begin in
|
| Altoona Sun: "The suggestion of the
| name of Hon. A. II. Dill, of Union
county, for the position of chairman of the
state Democratic committee seems, as il
should, to meet with general favor. The
| gallant leader of the Democracy in the
last gubenatorial contest; the representa-
tive of no faction; brave, generous anG
capable, he is the man to harmonize ani
consolidate all jarring and conflicting
interests in the party and lead it in an in
vincible and unbrolzen phalanx to a grant
victory"
The queen of England cannot move from
her little isle without rumors of marriage
being atloat. In England as well as il
Germany it is thus now believed that /:
marriage is in contemplation between thu
Princess BEATRICE and the Duke O
Baden, because the queen and princess arr
| going to remain a short time in that mos
Intoxicating of European watering places
Baden-Baden. But as the queen anG
princess are said to be afterwards coming
to spend a month in Italy in the charming
villa which they visited last year, it is here
rumored that the Princess Beatrice is going
to be married to Prince Thomas of Savoy
Last year she was, according to rumors, tt
be married to Prince AmadeO, King Hum
bert's brother, who is widower and ex
king of Spain.