Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-09
PERSONAL.

IlDlldl CUlN clllloh.
PERSONAL.
BISMARCK is sick again.
Secretary SHERMAN's only child is an
adopted daughter.
1t is said that Mr.. BLAINE had violent
fit Oh Wednesday night, brought ON by
| ovcrwork. Physicians were with him five
| hours.
Chief of Police THOMAS DAVIS, for
| thirty years connected with the Syracuse
police, and their chief since the Organiza-
| ton of the city, died yesterday.
Mr.. GoRMAN, who has just been nomi-
mated for the Senate from Maryland, wasa
Republican page in that body many years
| ago, and now returns to it as a Democratic
| member.
The Cincinnati society of ex-army and
| naval officers held it's annual banquet at
the Burnct house last night. Judge NJ. F.
Force presided, and about $50 persons
were present. Letters were read from
Generals Sherman, Sheridan, and others.
The welcome concert to ARTHUR SCLLI-
VAN at the Acadamy of Music, Baltimore,
last night. was financially and artistically
a grand success. A chorus of 800 voices
and an orchestra of 45 pieces, led by Mr..
Sullivan. performed selections from his
compositions.
Mr.. John Austin Stevens, editor of the
M,g"zinc Of american History, has invited
| Of nc
Philadelphia, New York and Boston to
a reception of JOHN W. FoRNEY, to well
come him to New York on the occasion of
J the establishment there of his weekly
periodical, Progress.
| On Monday, the 9TH, Mrs. Fisher, the
mother of Mrs. CHARLES G. LELAND, died
in Philadelphia. Mrs. Fisher was a Miss
Calender, of immediate English descent.
She was great belle in her youth, and
one of the chief beauties of Philadelphia
when it had many. She married Rodney
Fisher, nephew of Caesar Rodney, and
cousin of the beautiful and celebrated Miss
Nining. the queen and beauty of Washing
ton republican court.
There is a brisk contest going Oh in the
Senate over the nomination of a son of the
late Senator MORTON to the collcctOrship
of San Francisco. Senator Booth opposes
the confirmation with much vigor. He
bases his objection mainly on the ground
of want of sufficient residence to justify
such an important appointment. There is
a strong disposition among old friends Of
Senator Morton, without regard to their
relations to party or to the administration,
| to vote for the sons confirmation. Mean
while Senator Booth stands on his rights
as senator, and claims that the courtesy
usually extended to senators in the case Of
an obnoxious nomination shall he extended
to himself and his Democratic colleague,
whom he has induced to take sides with
him.
! JOHN BRIGHT has recently been making
Il speech at Roclldale, in which, among
many compliments to this country, he re-
ports the views of a member of Parliament,
who has adopted liberal and democratic
doctrines because we have been paying off
our debt rapidly, giving various other evil
denccs of good sense, and because, rs he
remarks, while we talk good deal OF
nonsense We take good care to act wisely
| in serious emergencies. We are also COM
plimented on the fact that this country
continues to be the refuge of victims of
religious persecution, the emigration of
Russian Mcnnonitcs being cited as an ex-
ample and praised for our effective main
| tcnancc of the barriers between church and
state, for the hcroism involved in the effort
| to overthrow slavery, and for the orderly
manner in which a gigantic army rclapsed
| into It's normal condition of peaceful citi-
zenship.
Another instance of IIayes's prediction
for appointing people from Ohio to all the
| offices within his gift, to the exclusion OF
more meriterious persons, has just occur
red, and creates much bitter feeling espe-
cially amongst Pcnnsylvanians. 1t ap-
| pears that through the proper channel
William A. T. Maddox, captain and assist
ant quartcrmaster on the general staff OF
the marine corps, and stationed at Phila-
| dclphla, has been placed on the retired list.
The Pennsylvania representatives unani-
mously presented the name of w. II.
Brown, the senior captain on the list,
native of Pennsylvania, and now stationed
at League island, forthe promotion. Not
| withstanding his rank and long services
and clear right to such recognition, Hayes
ignored his claim, and has nominated
Woodruff F. Schcnck, Of Ohio, and
nephew of Gen. Schcnck, for the
position, thus overriding the prior claims
of one second lieutenant, thirty first lieu
tenants, and twenty captains.
Startling DefalcatiOn.
Frauds on the New York produce ex-
change to the amount of S31, 500 have been
d;conya,nI Tho s1ofau1tar xyaS Ron IL m in