Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-07
PERSONAL.

MOODY and SaDkey returned 10 America
yesterday il the Alaska. whici, made the
quickest time Oh record.
GUsTAvUs BERGNER, president Of the
Bergner & Eugel brewing company, Phil
adelphia, died last cvcn;rg, aged so years.
BISHOP SIMPSON has been re eloc. ed
resident Of the Pennsylvania Bible society
which -cilc;:lated 1'5, 900 volumes last
year.
KEIM's commissi"a rs chief examiner is
said to be made out, and viii. be given to
him at once. His friends claim that he
has lost $3.50 by the presidents delay.
Mrs. AsToE, the wife of the American
minister to Rome, who is only 90, is so
beautiful that, when she was presented at
court, her majesty remained sIeeoh!ess
will: admiration.
Mrs. LANGTRY has not as yet n ade any
engagements in London Tor the season,
but she has had numerous offers. Paris
is al! ready to give the Lilly warm vel
come Oh hec return from America.
Gi:. JosErH W. Howe, professor of
clinical surgery 1T Bellevue medical col
lege, Now York, has created a great stir
among the profession by resigning his
chair arG asserting his right to consult
with municipalities and others.
REV. JOSIAH HENSON, said to have been
| the original o.: Mrs. Mrs. Stoves "Uncle
TOm.' died on Saturday, in Dresden,
Ontario, aged 81 years. Mrs Stowe alway S
denied that any single person was the
original UIclo Tom"
SENIOR ROMERO, the Mexican minister.
will sail from New York for Europe on the
Orb inc f,r bo ~
During his absence, the secretary of the
Mexican legation will act as charge
d'affairs.
ABRAM S. HEWITT has been Invited to
make the Grafton at the opening of the
New York and Brooklyn bridge, vice Mr..
Evarts, declined. Already some Of the
newspapers are deprecatiug the choice.
Give Mr.. Hewitt chance. On such
themes he has few superiors.
GEORGE HEARST, who was unsuccessful
as Democratic candidate for governor in
California, is mentioned as "the coming
Democratic candidate for U. S. senator 1"
from that state. He is wealthy, and con
trolls the Examiner, the leading Demo
cratic journal of San Francisco.
NJ. ToURG ENIEFF, the favorite Russian
author, is suffering from an attack cf
cardiac delirium. The doctors declare his
condition alarming, and during the attacks
he raves dreadfully NJ. Tourgenictf be
lieyes himself prey to enemies who are
eudeavoring to shut him up in a mad
house.
OSCAR WILDE says that when he came
upon the whee! oi the Chicago water
works-a mighty, majestic. unutterably
harmonious wheel, lie saw the beauty and
poetry of America in that revolving won.
der and said to himself if America pro.
duces a musician let him write machin-
cry symphony. He could havs 10 more
worthy subject.
MRS. BELL, wife of tho famous tele-
phone genius, though born deaf mute,
has been taught to speak by the new pro-
cess and can understand, by closely
watching The motions of the mouths of
those who speak with her, all they say to
her. Consequently few who are unaware
of her affliction notice it at all in talking
with her, and she receives and entertains
company with perfect ease and grace. 1t
is said her husband taught her to speak
before their marriage, and that their
courtship began in that way. She and
her sister have been considered among the
most beautiful women in Washington
since they removed there.
4. NJ. SPANGLEE. formerly of Lancaster
aud now Of tho Philadelphia Star.has
written timely little work entitled GA
Paradise for Gunners and Anglers" It is
stored with vast amount OF information
in a very small space. It tells all about
the Delaware and Maryland peninsula.
where fish and fowl abound in Unlimited
numbers. aod it gives brief descriptions
and truthful illustrations Of the PRINCIPAL
game birds and fish that frequent the
shores and waters Of this region. The
prominent game localities are designated
and descriptive sketches given. The book
is beautifully printed, has been compiled
with care and written with not little
literary skill.