Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-07-25

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of ]. w. Mackay, $4,000, 900 Leland
Stanford, sec, 600, 900, $3.50, 900 of which is
in diamonds and family wardrobe Mrs.
Mary F. S. Hopkins, ST., ,OOO, 900.
1t has been currently reported that Mr..
FRANKLIN e. GOwEN, one Of the receivers
of the Reading railroad, was to sail for
Liverpool to present his case at London to
the English holders Of Reading stock, and
to offer to be their eirrepresentative at the next
annual election. Mr.. Gowen was on board
the City of Richmond Saturday afternoon
Just before she sailed, but said that he
himself was not going over. He was there
to bid farewell to his daughter and 4 party
of friends.
Up to the present time the number of
medical men announced to attend the In
ternational Medical congress to be held in
London from August 2 to Q is about 800.
The aggregate attendance is expected to
reach 2,OCO. Earl GRANVILLE, foreign
secretary, holds reception Of foreign
members of the congress on August 6.
The New York Academy of Medicine will
be represented by its president, Dr.. For
dyce Barker, and Drs. Adams and Farm
ham, secretary and treasurer Of the acad-
| emy.
The Boston Courier, with cheerful
hope and cOmmendable frankncss, looks
forward to ga not for distant future
! when the toiling race Of New England
farmers wives, that sallow, skinny, sal
| eratus- fed sistcrhuod, shall be extinct :;
| and in their places shall stand hale,
hearty and happy following, who live on
the fat OF the land, AMI sell only that
which they cannot use themselves; who
have time and taste to array themselves
in something beside a skimp cot ton gown,
and gladly make concessions to fashion in
the matter Of aoif1urc who lead some
thing beside the Bible, and, oil the whole.
have almost Us easy time as their spouses'
beasts Of burden. -
A young English hostess, who had
heard of tho feud between BRET HARTE
and GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, (because OF
vcnomous attack by Harte Gil SaIa in
California years ago. thought it would be
good fun to send Mis-. Sala down to din.
Der with Harte as escort. She also intro,
duced him for that purpose. Seeing this
Sala stepped forward, removed his wife's
hand from Harte's arm, and told him he
could not take her to dinner unless he
would first offer apology for the insult
offered years ago, and false assertions
declined to retract or apologize, where
upon Sala took his wife upon his arm and
left the house.
The Boston Herald, Philadelphia Time.
and New York Sun have been among the
newspapers of the country that deprecated
the FIELD purse for the Garfield family
The Springfield Republican adds itself tc
the list and says ''The New York cham
Der Of commerce is left in 4 ridiculous
plight in view of the dispatch sent last
week by its secretary to Postmaster Gen
eral James, announcing that that organi-
zation had decided to present Mrs.
Garfield with $3.50, 900. Cyrus ". Field
has been telegraphing and writing ap
pcals all over the country for help il
making up the sum which New Workers
were reported ready to tender. Widow:
and children are sending their mites foi
the man who gets salary of $4,000 4
year, and this whole spectacle OF begging
| for the president of the United States is
unseemly. If the president RECEIVERS he
will have a difficult and somewhat ungra-
cious duty to perform in refusing this
gusli money"