Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-17
PERSONALS.

dRANT mas Deen inspecting Cne mines at
Gunnison. He is satisfied.
ABNER McGLAUGHLrN, a leading sales
man in Hood, Bonbright & Co., and part
ner in three stores in Chester county was
in Lancaster to-day.
GEN. BRAUREGARD and his niece were
in Cincinnati the other day, on their way
to the White Sulphur Springs. He looked
an exceedingly quiet gentleman, Of appar-
emily not more than so years, thoug s
much older.
At the afternoon service of the Emory
Grove M. E. camp grounds last Sunday
Rev. s. H. C. SMITH, of the Duke street
church, this city, preached tho sermon.
There is a "good deal of Methodist fire,
shouting, &c.," at this campmeeting.
CHAs. McCoNoMY, who finished his ap-
premiership in the INTELL1GENcER office
ON Saturday, left Lancaster on Sunday for
a visit to Pittsburgh whence he goes to
Baltimore to accept a good position. He
carries with him the confidence and good
wishes of all who know him in the craft
or in social life.
Rev. o. L. AsHENFELTER, A formerlyof
St. Paul's Reformed church, this city, and
son-in-law Of the late Thomas Spcring
of Lancaster, has accepted hearty call to
the pastorate of the First Universalist
church of Jersey City, and will 60 there to
begin its duties on September 1. He writes
that he is "perfectly happy in his new
faith and experiences Iblessed relief in his
freedom from creed and dogma.''
The sisters, aunts and cousins of Queen
CHRISTINA are flocking to Madrid. If the
child is a male he will probably be christ
ened Philip or Ferdinand. If a female she
will he named Isabella. For godfathers,
Pope Leo and the emperor of Austria arc
mentioned /; for godmothers, Queen Isabella
and the archduchess. The health of the
young queen is quite satisfactory. She is
able to drive about with the king in the
cool of the evening.
Fisherman WHEELER dolcfully has said
to a Green Mountain audience The vice
presidency is place of Great Expecta.
tions, rarely, alas realized. 1t is getting
late now for me to look for the occupation
of the mansion, coveted, 1 fear, by some
more than the heavenly mansion-I mean
the White House. While have wasted
away, like Tanner, in my starved expecta.
tions. the president, with all the cares OF
his great Office, has actually increased his
avoirdupois.'
EMMA HARD1NGE BRITTON, the spirit
ualistic lecturer, commenting upon DR..
Tanners fast, said that she believed DR..
Tanner was kept alive by tho air Of tue
city. He had always lived in very thin
ly-populated part of the country, and
came to New York city because he knew
the air was full of material sufficient to
Weld sustenance for some time. Thousands
were about him filling the air with now
animal life. At this point a cadaverous
looking man arose in the audience and
said she was not correct. He was Tan
ner
The Washington Republican is informed
that Mr.. FLOOD, the California millionaire.
has purchased magnificent cottage at
Newport for the accommodation of the son
of ex-President Grant and his bride to be,
"over the portals of which the quarterings
of the Grants and Floods are being en-
graved." This sounds very nice, but what
are the "quarterings" of these distin-
guished families Grant was tanner and
Flood was barkeeper. If these mysteri'
GUS emblems have any bearing on their Or
igin the quarterings" over the Newport
door will probably be a sheep-pelt couchant
and a corkscrew rampant in the heraldic
judgment of the Republic.