Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-06
PERSONAL.

1OU. ALEXANDER IL. STEPuENS, lS IT,
markable for his many and liberal chari-
ties.
JOHN d. DEFREEs, the public printer,
is dangerously i'll, at his residence, in
Washington.
By the end of tho Bourne will case,
ALLEN THoRNDYKE RICE, publisher of the
North american Recieae, gets $500, 900, all
because his father was clever to his step
grandfather.
1t is confidently asserted that Guiteau's S
friends have secured for him the legal SER
vices Of Gen. BUTLER and that important
evidence upon the alleged former insanity
of the prisoner has been uuearthed in New
York.
The regular Sunday news from Wash
ington is to the effect that WM. E. CHAN
DLER will be made secretary of the navy,
HOWE become secretary Of the interior,
and First Assistant Postmaster General
FRANK HATToN will bo placed at the head
of the postofice department.
Alta large meeting Of the clergy Of the
archdiocese of Philadelphia, held last
week, over s12, 900 was subscribed toward
fitting testimonial to Archbishop WOOD.
1t will be rendered on the occasion of the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his elevation
of the bishopric, April 26 next.
The report that Mr.. GLADSTONE has
made up his mind to retire from public
life at some time in the near future is
reiterated upon good authority, but with
the modification that it will not be until
he IS carried his party and his govern
ment safely past the rocks which now
make the sailing dangerous.
The New York World and Truth had
the exclusive" " information yesterday
that CoNKLINo had declined. But as
their Washington dispatches were evil
IDENTIFY homemade it is no surprise to
hear from the White House that Mr..
Arthur has no such news. All the same
Conklins may have forgotten to put a
stamp on the envelope in which he sent
his declination.
SARAH BERNHARDT was photographed
while reclining at full length in an ebony
coffin, padded with white satin. She said
to the photographer, Melandri ~ will
make bargain with You. Swear to me
that you will not sell any Of these photo
graphs until after my DEATH "After
your death?" "Oh, it will happen sooner
than you expect. l promise you to die
within year from now. lam not joking. I
have presentiment and my presentiments
never deceive me. Furthermore, at the
end of the year, if | am still in this world,
l authorize you to sell as many Of the
photographs as you please" Melandri
consented to this contract, and executed
faithfully his part of the bargain but
Bernhardt having neglected to keep her
promise, Melandri, has referred his case to
the Tribunal Of Commerce of Paris.
Gen. FREMONT claims that in 1S47 he
purchased for the United States the
Golden Gate island. which makes the
entrance from the Pacific ocean into the
Bay of San Francisco, and that the United
States government refused to accept, re-
puaiated the purchase, ard made it the
subject of charge Of mutiny against
him that he paid the bond given for the
purchase, and became the owner of the
said island tho United States govern
ment afterward, finding that the island is
the key to the harkor of San Francisco,
and indispensably necessary as point for
establishing lighthouse and forts, did,
without his consent or knowledge, take
possession Of. and still hold, the said
island as the property Of tho government.
And now he wants to be indcmnified.