Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-14
PERSONAL,


Secretary GoFF has returned to Wash
ington.
Secretary RAMSEY has gone to New
York on a short visit.
Ex-Gov. MILLER, of Minnesota. has SO
far improved that his physicians think he
may recover.
Il. WESLEY TITrs, for many years i
leading merchant Of Trenton, New Jersey,
died suddenly in that city, yesterday Of
heart disease.
Major WILLIAM p. HART, supernten-
dent Of the Bertha zinc mines and works,
in Pulaski county, Virginia. has absconded
and is charged with passing forged notes
amounting to $4,000.
SARA BERNHAEDT gave seven perform
ances in New Orleans last week, her gross
receipts being s1,.oli. She was indisposed
Friday and did not play, but appeared
twice OH Saturday.
HAYES went to Baltimore on Saturday,
visited the Johns Hopkins hospital, the
Peabody institute and the Johns Hopkins
| university, and received the professors and
the students Of the latter institution. In
the afternoon lie attended the banquet of
the Baltimore Press association.
| The wife of H. \. ELKISs, the we'll
known artist. brought suit on Saturday
against 4 saloon keeper and the owner of
the saloon building, in Chicago FOR so, 000
damages for selling liquor to Elkins,
knowing him II be drunkard. Eikins
has lost reputation, art and fortune
through his passion for drink, and has
been twice recently sent to B,idcwell toi
drunkenness.
General HERMAN Uni, 4 prominent Off
Ger of the National Guard Of New York:
and formerly business manager Of tho
Stats Zsinng, accidentally killed himself al
his residence, in New York city, yester'ia.
afternoon. He was taking Remingto,
rifle from closet cor the purpose of clean
. ing it, when the weapon was discharged
and tie ball passes; through his left breast
near the heart
, MINOR TOPICS.
THE committee Of the Tennessee Lc,is
lature appointed to examine charges o
bribery in the recent election Of state otli
cials by the Legislature, met on Satur;la,
. and examined several witnesses, none Q
whom knew that any member had sold o.
offered to sell his vote.
, DURING the year 1880 there were 15
+ suicides in New York city, OF whom 3
5 were females II were married, "a sing!
+ and H. widowed. OF the whole number
. Gi We're Germans, % Americans and 9
: Irish. The means employed were, in 4
cases, poison; in 80, shooting; in IS
l hanging in 90 cutting, and iii ii drown
ing
!, The Chicago Tijuae reports corner
f in the provision market of Chicago
(which dwag:s any previous manipulation
: even the great one of last year. Tn
Tribune says "Within week there hav
1 been purchased %, 900, 600 pounds of shcl
ribs, $4,000 barrels Of pork and 1000
q tierces Of lard. The parties Interested ar
q mainly the ones who ran the successful
Y deal year ago, and it is I'll cir intention
- to put prices far above the prcsaut pre-
y vailing rates.
Major PEARCE, a lawyer of st. Loui:
has brought suit against Charles A
- Spaulding, proprietor of the Olympi
= theatre, in that city, and Mr.. Maplesol
% the opera manager, for refusing to Sc
)" him certain seats for the opera season, bs
ginning this week. Pearce alleges tina
- he was the first person at the box Office
- - purchase tickets on the day they were at
- vertised to be sold, and he found five row
y of seats stricken of the box sheets. II
now proposes to test the question whethe
=. seats in theatre can be disposed of pr
10 vate!y before the public sale is made, an
for his disappointment lie asks s1.0O
damages.