Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-13
Personal.

COMMANDER FRANCIS NORRIS, U. S. n .
died yesterday morning at Newport
Rhode Island.
DIR. SUSAN A SMITH, practising pby
s;cian in West Philadelphia died su,idenl,
yesterday, in her 6Sth year.
JOHN MACARTHUR, whose funeral took
place yesterday, was the builder of many
prominent structures in Philadelphia
PRINCESS LOUISE is expected to return
to Ottawa from Bermuda on the 18th OF
March.
GENERAL ROBERT ToOMBs submitted tC
an operation tor cataract in Atlanta, Ga,
on Wednesday. Heis nearly sghtless.
REV. PHILLIPS BROOKS is homesick il
India. He writes to q Boston friend that
the sun never warmed a dearer part of the
earth's crust than America
Hon. NJ. ROMERO, Mexican minister te
the United States, was q guest at q dime,
given by number of gentlemen interest.
ed i'll Mexico, at the Continental hotel,
last evening.
JAMES ). MACDONALD, member of the
Legislative council OF Nova Scotia, has
been disqualified and compelled to vacate
his seat in the council, ne having become
a bankrupt.
GEN. FITZHUGH LEE says that after
Appomattox an old Virginian remarked to
a party of returning soldiers !: son, it's
THAI - Fitz. Lee who surrendered old
General Lee never surrenders."
NnCoLINI is worth $1,000. 900, does not
wish to increase his fortune, sings only
for his own amusement and to please
Nine. Patti, and does't care a rap " whether
tho public like him or not.
CONGRESSMAN HARMER, a member of
the committee on Pacific railroads of the
House, acquired extensive acquaintance
with the mineral wealth and resources OF
the territories, and kept himself
thoroughly posted regarding the exten.
sion and development of railroads in the
west. He made investments and has
made million.
EDMUNDs, the attorney Of his party, is
the conversational talker of the court
room, while John Sherman, the most &C
tive aud influential Of the Republican
leaders, is devoid of every grace OF oratory.
Senator Beck has been aptly described as
speaking like a Scotch bagpipe, Senator
Bayard has bad tenor voice, while Pend
Teton is husky and stiff.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN, has all of his
correspondence carefully preserved, ar
ranged and indexed, anu of the 40, 600
letters on his file the most valuable are
those from his brother, the general, many
of them written in camp, sometimes be-
fore battle and sometimes after one, but
they gave the writer's ideas straight from
his heart, and told what he thought the
same as he would commune with himself.
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE WEBB
MoRELL died on Sunday at Scarborough,
New York. He was graduate of West
Point and became lieutenant of engi-
neers, but resigned that position in 1887
to enter upon civil pursuits. He served in
the war for the Union, participating in
many of the battles fought by the army of
the Potomac. He was mustered out of
service in December, 1864.
PETER COOPER celebrated his ninety
third birthday yesterday, and although
not in his usual robust health, he is still
able to attend to business, and participat-
ed in a dinner party given by number of
his friends at his residence last evening.
A volume containing his principal speeches
on finance, the tariff. etc, was issued yes
terday, and in a few days another volume
an outline of his life, his
of great men and great
events will be given to the public.