Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-04-21
PERSONAL.
PERSONAL.
ARTHUR has son II years old who is a
s bigger man. in stature than his father

FEHSONAAs
ARTHUR has a son II years old who is ;
"biger man" in stature than his father.
BLAINE expects to be in Europe BY
May 80. So he cannot be had for Decora.
tion day orator on this side of the water
Not long before he was shot GARFIELD
said "a man has no right to end move
SO miserably as Macleod of Dare ends
Human life has tragedies enough fictior
should give the bright side.'
how good his "Skeleton in Amor" wa.
until Sam Ward had read it to him with
dramatic effect, and then Ward rushed of
and got $50 from the magazine for it
Ward negotiated with Bonner for "The
Hanging Of the Crane" at 81, 600.
Ex Senator GORDON, of Georgia ex-
Senator CREswELL, of Maryland ex-Sen
atOr WALLACE, of Pennsylvania, an6 ex.
Secretary MCCULLoCH are the chief in
| cOrporatOrs named in q bill which is nov
under consideration in the committee OF
Pacific railroads of the House of Represen
tativcs providing for the construction of q
new line of railway between New York
and Washington.
NJ. BROsIUs, esq.,, will so to the Repub
lican state convention, by tho ''express
request of Judge Livingston, disowning
identification with any faction and 'witt
an eye single to the interest and honor OF
Lancaster county," So long as candidates
are to be nominated with speeches in state
conventions there is nobody better fitted
to do it than Brosius. but when the ballot
is taken he will find himself awfully lone.
some.
For various reasons Capt. ALE. SAN.
DERsoN, of the Shippensburg CAron-
icle won't run for the state Sen
ate, in Cumberland county. He
is opposed to the Crawford county
systems, &on't hunt Office don't believe in
"boss rule, and thinks money and ring
influence will dictate the nomination. UI
that way it seems the Office does not hunt
the man aud merit, and yet it will be apt
to 60 further and do worse than light on
SandersOn.
DAVID DAVIS wandering over the Senate
chamber the other day dropped into a
chair built to seat 125 pound senator and
soon the pages were busy picking up the
scattered president pro tenn. As he
scrambled to his feet with 4 sense of in.
jured dignity fresh upon him he saw that
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, who
occupied the next seat was smiling broadly
and his car caught the wisper of some one
on the other side styling him the jumbo
of the Senate. He was so indignant that
he stalked around the Senate chamber
several times before his composure was
restored.
Sir THOMAS HAsKETT and his wife, the
daughter of Ex-senator Sharon travelled
from New York to the Pacific coast in a
parlor car at the rear Of the train, the
hotel car being next forward. The parlOr Cal
''Izaak Walton, ''is magnificently furnished
and fitted up. At one end are luxurious
sleeping apartments, with lavatOries and ali
convenienccs. At the other end are the
kitchen and sleeping rooms for servants
In the centre of the car is the drawing
room, e!aborately finished in choice woods
and furnished with every facility for
making less tedious a six.day's journey
by rail. Sir Thomas and Lady Haskett
will remain in tho West for sc Seral months.
In the old Tabernacle Presbyterian
church, Philadelphia, yesterday, Miss
MARGUERITE 3. KNEAss, daughter of
Strickland Kneass, assistant to the presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany, was married to JAMES RAwLsToN
GRANT, a young banker, son of the late
Charles Ii. Grant, Il wealthy manufac-
turer. Rev. DR.. McCook performed the
ceremony, with Rev. DIR. Breed assisting.
There were six bridesmaids Miss Junkin
Miss Lands, Miss Shallcross, Miss Hager,
of Lancaster, Miss Grant and Miss Whar-
ton, who Wore white nainsOok dresses,
cut short, and wide brimmed hats,
trimmed with wreaths OF real flowers, the
same as they carried in their hands.
One of the best traits of the PRESIDENT s
character is his affectioDate devotion to
the memory Of his dead wife. Her father
was captain of the Central America, one of
the line of steamers from tho Isihmus and
the West Indies to New York, and it
sprung a leak in gale On September II,
1857. There were $50 passengers aboard.
Pumps became useless.on the afternoon of
September II. Life boats were lowered
for the women and children and they were
all saved. Captain HERNDoN foresaw
what was coming and could have saved
himself had he chosen to leave passengers
behind. He choose otherwise aud attend
cd to the wants Of others rs long as any
thing could be done. AT evening he went
down with tho ship, standing ON the
bridge in full uniform. The sea covered
427 bodies in that disaster.