Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-07

PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
CONGRESSMAN J. RANDOLPH TUCKER.
of Virginia, the other day, spoke two
hours, during which he drank about two
quarts of buttermilk.
DR.. W. II. BENNETT, an old and promi.
nent citizen Of Jackson, Miss, who re-
Gently died, left will bequeathing $50, 900
to his colored cook and cutting his wife
and other relations off without cent.
Ex,JuDeE THOMAS }. MAckEz, who
changed his mind so frequently about
running for Congress in South Carolina,
now turns up as an accepting candidate
for the state Senate. How long he will
| stick" there remains to be seen.
Miss LOTION, authoress of " Hogan,
NJ. P.," has written a novel, shortly to
appear, and is looked forward to with
| considerable interest 10 Ireland, where
she is regarded now as filing the place
Lady Morgan once held of national novel
ist.
KING HUMBERr, OF Italy, attends mass
| every Sunday, but he cannot be said to be
a devoted worshipper. During the mass
the queen and young prince of Naples
kneel down, but the king keeps at stand
ing all the time. Only at the elevation he
bends his head slightly.
Miss FANNY DAVENPORT, says Lon
don critic, "has boon dealt with liocrally
in the matter of adipose deposit hence,
| as the picturesque writer's of her own
country would say, she exercises the same
effect upon the visual organs as 4 circus
poster on an Italian sunset"
ADELINA PATTI is reported to have ac.
cepted an engagement for South America
during the season of 1884 at SO high a rate
| that should she economizc her salary dur
ing her 1SS2-83 season in the United
States, and her South America fees, her
fortune will be large enough to enable her
to reject with scorn the paltry few hun
| dred guineas night she is likely to BE-
| promised elsewhere"
JOSEPH ARCH, the English agrarian agi-
tator, is stout man, with q round, red,
goodnatured face. and eyes that sparkle
with merriment. AS speaker he often
rises to vigorous eloquencc, though some
times hesitating and becoming confused,
aud almost always misplacing the aspirate
in a most amusing manner, He was for
merly a common hedger aud ditcher-the
best in Warwickshire, it is said. He will
| make al effort to secure a seat in Pallia-
ment at tho next genenai election.
JUDGE THOMAS W. MEERIwEAruER
lives in Newton county, Ga, and his near
friend, DR.. II. w. Lovett, in Screven
county. They were schoolmates. They
first married twin sisters, daughter Of
Bishop Andrew. Their wives died aud
they then married two other sisters, also
daughters of q bishop-Bishop Price.
These wives died, and they then married q
third pair Of sisters. not daughters of a
bishop, but the daughters of Mr.. Smith,
Of Greene county. With these last sisters
they are living happily.
Mr.. BOOTH was recently playing an Gu
gagement at the Adelphi, in London, and
the prince aud princess OF Wales one even-
ing occupied a box. At the close of the
performance tho princess sent Lord Col
| vile of CulrOss, his lord in waiting, to in-
vito Mr.. Booth to the box. Mr.. Booth
naturally. supposed chat tho prince had
/ sent for him to compliment him on his
performance, but as he entered his dis
cOmfiture may be imagined when the
prince coming forward and greeting him
cordially, said. " MIR. Booth, 1 have sent
for you to ask You how do you think Mrs.
Langtry will succeed in America
SIR GARNET WOLsELEY when young
man was good deal of a fop in Dublin, as
; was the Duke Of Wellington in his youth,
and he used to drive drag with his
brothers daily into Dycer's repository,
now the family seat near Dublin. He
| then wore long curls. Time has worked
much change. He is now spare, lantern
jawed, with short gray hair and a blonde
| moustache. He wears i yellow sun he'll
met, wound about with a handkerchief of
| white and violet check his red coat is
open ut the chest. aud spotted with many
stains of grease; lie has 4 variegated
| necktie, q wOoien shirt of loud pattern,
gray checked trousers, yellow riding boots
and spnrs, al opera glass, with \ yellow
case ard strap, and yellow revolver belt
| with cartridge case; yellow sauutlets, y
violet pocket handkerchief stuck in his red
coat. a gigantic pair of dark blue specta
| c|eS, and in his hand hc h1urisiles 4 fan to
keep off tho flies.
MIR. GEORGE W. CHILDs, of the PhiIa-
| delphia Ledger, thinks that journalists
other people. When he saw that an EN-
ployee was disposed 10 wisely economze
| he stood ready to aid him. IF he would
accumulate $500, Mr.. Childs would be
| willing to lond him another $500 Oh easy
terms so that he might buy home. MIR.
Childs said that his old city editor had
retired worth nearly s2OOOOO, and that
others Of the Ledger staff had done about
as well. Ofhis success in journalism Mr..
Childs said it was because he ha.l system
throughout all the departments Of his
paper. There was not an item printed in it's
| columns that had not been obtained by his
reporters. or verified by them, and he re-
lied On tho evening papers for nothing,
and took nothing fer granted. One of the
special injunctions laid upon all who wrote
was that they should spell all individual
names correctly, as he believed that lack
of circumspecti0n in this respect annoyed
and artagOnized people.
| RICH AND IN RAGS
II Nisorly Hermit In Dayton, D.
| For Dlany years an old man named
| Nh, rioS ID ,ttorSon hoe hcop l;vino -, g,