Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-02
PERSO ONAL..

PERSONAL.
A grand reception will be given General
GRANT upon his arrival in Washington
December 13.
Mr.. Cyrus H. MCCORMICK has given
another large sum-s10O, ,0O0-to the Chi
cago theological seminary.
Cardinal McCLosKEY expects to visit
Charleston and other cities in the South
within the next few months.
cit is proposed in Clearfield county,
says the Wellsboro Agitator, "to put Sem
ator WALLACE at the head of a railroad
company
Senator LAMAR, of Mississippi,is is in very
feeble health, and it is regarded as possible
thar he will never be able to leave his
home or take his seat in the United States
Senate.
HAYES it said to he troubled by the
question as to whether or not he shall put
his message in print. He fears that if he
should give the message to the printer the
newspapers will get hold of it in advance
Of its delivery.
|
field is reported by the Sangamon, Illinois
Monitor to be ga calaboose for vagrants."
The building was vacated by boarding
housekeepcr recently and since then
tramps hhave found lodging therein.
JAMES CLEPHANE, an old and we'll
known printer Of Washington, died yester-
day in that city, at the age Of 80 years.
He was a Scotchman by birth, and assisted
as compositor in the setting up Of the
Waverley novels. His connec ton with
Washington journalism extended over a
period Of fifty years.
MINOR TOPICS.
A NEW Democratic paper. for which, it
is said $50, 900 has been pledged, is to be
started in Brooklyn, New York.
GEN. n. p. BANKS lectured in CHECKER
ing hall, New York, last evening, on "The
American Volunteer" Rev. DR.. Morgan
Dix, presided. General Grant was seated
on the platform, and made brief. address
after the lecture, referring to the services
rendered by the volunteer system of the
country.
JOHN 7. CRAWFORD, an eccentric man,
who died in Cincinnati about fortnight
ago, left an estate for the building of a
home for aged colored men. The will di-
rects that the homo shall be built on a
tr,ct Of 1912 acres on College hill, but it
cannot be probated, as one ofthe witnesses
is dead, and the other, John K French, is
soldier in the regular army somewhere
in the West. The property is variously
estimated is worth from $50, to $780,.
600:
THOs. J. BRADY, second assistant post
master general, has purchased the control
ling shares of the National Republican OF
Washington, and will assume full editorial
and business control on the 1st of January.
Mr.. Clapp, who has controlled the paper
for several years, retires. The paper has
been in a prccarious condition for some
time, and Mr.. Clapp has grown weary OF
the responsibility. Mr.. Brady is expected
to speak with a good deal of authority for
the Garfield administration.
An Indiana congressman is oI the opn-
ion that Harrison's chances for the United
States Senate are not really SD good as
they appear on the face; that there is a
strong combination of all the other contes.
tants, moved by the common purpose of
anything to beat Harrison" This CON-
bination leans towards Orth, the strongest
man in the field. Orth's friends attribute
his withdrawal from the gubernatorial tick
ct to Harrison and will strain every point
inside party lines to defeat the latter.
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