Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-03-30
PERSONAL.

PETER HERDIC is wanted in Colorado.
It is said that Denver parties have offered
him half million dollars worth of real
estate in that city if he will locate his busi-
ness there.
A handsome invitation comes to us from
the Richmond hook and ladder company,
Pueblo, Col, "champions Of Colorado" to
their annual reception. HORACE D. CAST,
formerly of Lancaster, appears as men,
Der of the executive, reception and invita-
tion committees.
GUILLAME PHILIPPE SCHIMHER, a dis
tinguished naturalist, and for many years
the director of the Strasburg Museum of
Natural History, died yesterday. He was
born at Dosenheim, Alsace, January s.,
1908, and after being graduated from tho
Strasburg university was appointed di-
rector of the Museum in 1889. He was
the author of number of works of high
value upon various branches of natural
history.
CLEMENT LAMBERT, one of Fremont s
most trusted guides, died at Decatur City,
Nebraska, few days ago, at the age of "a
years. He was with General Fremont in
the famous exploring expedition of 1s42.
Fremont, Lambert, Lajeunesse and two
others were the heroes who planted the
stars and stripes on Rock Independence, in
the Rocky mountains, the Rock being the
highest peak then known in the United
States.
While Senator THURMAN was speaking
on the Geneva Award bill yesterday he
suddenly stopped, raised his hand to his
forehead, as though in pain, and seemed
about to fall. Several senators went to
his assistance, but after bathing his head
with the water contained in the tumbler
on his desk he walked into the cloak room
leaning on the arm of Assistant Sergeant
alarms Christie, and was there laid on
the sofa. He was suffering from rush of
blood to the head The debate was con-
sequently adjourned.
Winthorp" writes from New York to
the Washington Republican. "Every
newspaper in this city has been trying
very hard again to get SAM T1LDEN to say
that he either is or is not candidate for
the Democratic nomination. The old man
will not talk, however. He said to one
reporter that as the papers found it so
interesting to speculate whether he was or
was not it would be downright cruelty to
or f1,opo To 1yroxvc hon, fo 1yoo,> him,
self before the people,"
By the will of the late DR.. JOHN NJ.
BRoADHEAD, ex-comptroller of the United
States treasury, $4,000 are set aside for the
use of his cousin Olive and niece Cornelia,
on the following conditions They are each
to set apart a garden sixty feet square,
which they are to plant with currants,
strawberries, thimbleberries, raspberries,
and other suitable fruits. A daughter of
Olive "is to post herself on the planting
of fruits" and to allow no weeds to grow
up in this plantation, "thus correcting
carelessness on the part of her father"
Of the 1912 military companies the
Harrisburg Artillerists " were command
ed by Captain Richard NJ. Grain, number
ing eighty-four men, all Of whom except
Col. SAMUEL SHoCH, of Columbia, have
paid the debt of nature. He was born in
Harrisburg on the 2Sth day of May, 1897,
and was the youngest man of all the four
that volunteered on that occa-
sion, if not the youngest man of the whole
quota, as he was believed and said to be-
He is yet in full health and vigor after
service of moro than forty years as chief
officer of the Columbia national bank, the
of which he still holds.