Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-10-08
PERSONAL.

Premier GLADSTONE has arrived at
Leeds and was received with the utmost
enthusiasm. He will address the meeting
to-day.
ELISHA BLoCKMAS, a we'll known apd
highly respected citizen Of Pittston, died
yesterday. Mr.. Blockman was in his
nintieth year, and was one of the oldest
members of the Masonic order i, the
state.
Rev. JOHN B. GILMER has died at Man.
chester, Michigan, aged fifty nine years.
He has been grand master of tho Odd Eel
lows of the state and representative of the
United States grand lodge and was an act
i've member of the fraternity for years.
"Who will be the next state treas
urere" inquired Telegraph reporter of
State Senator HoRATIo GATES JONES,
Republican. "Orange Noble" was the
prompt reply, and. he added, "Wolfc will
get just votes enough to beat Baily."
That veteran Democrat JOHN NJ. LAIRD,
ESQ.,, Of the Greensburg Argus, the Oldest
editor and proprietor Of any newspaper in
Western Pennsylvania, celebrated the
eightieth anniversary of his birthday on
the 18th of September, 1881.
Some wealthy Berkshire manufacturers
are proposing to buy Mrs. GARFIELD a
home in Williamstown, Mass. The money
is pledged, and they only wait to learn
whether she would accept it with view
of being near her sons during their college
course.
A Mrs. COOPER, said to be cousin of
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll,'' was lately
expelled from San Francisco Presbyte.
rian church for heresy, in that she denied
the authenticity of the story of Jonah and
the whale. Mrs. Cooper had her pastor
put on trial for advertising his business as
insurance agent from the pulpis.
We are as glad as the Shippensburg
Chronicle can be to learn that Miss
MARY MARTIN, teacher Of the Model
School at the Normal, is held in high
estimation by her fellow teachers and has
come up to the general expectation in
reference to her abilities. We always feel
rejoiced to chronicle the success of any
worthy Lancastrian, especially lady of
such worth as the one whose name we
have jNst mentioned.
Under the provisions Of the act Of Con-
cress relating to the centennial celebration
at Yorktown Va, the sums Of SEQ, 900 was
appropriated for the entertainment of the
foreign guests of the United States, and an
equal sum sat apart to defray the expenses
of the military celebration. 1t is now
stated that the later appropriation has al
ready been expended. and that there will
be deficit of about 50, 500. which Congress
will be appealed to make good. The ap-
preparation for the entertainment of the
foreign guests is also insufficient, and it is
likely that similar action will be taken
with this fund.
The BellefOnte Waterman, in noticing
Judge" BLACKS recent misstep and fracture
of his arm, suggests that "this may pre-
vent him from writing for a time, but it
will only make him think all the more,
and the Republicans may expect blast
from him when the arm gets we'll that will
make their every hair to stand on end
like the quills on fretful porcupine. 1t
would have been good thing for that
party (but bad thing for the country,
if Judge Black had fractured his neck long
ago, but thank Heaven that misfortune is
spared us. It is to be hoped that the
old veteran will live for many years yet to
agonize the Republican party with his
caustic pen. - The WatcAnaan forgets
that the judge has been writing with his
left hand for many years, ever since his
disabling in a railroad accident.