Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-26
PERSONAL.


4 The HENpRIcKs monument fund prom
ises to reach Sl50,0o0.
PRINCE BISMARCK on all important pub
lie occasions prominently wears the Order Of
Christ recently bestowed upon him by the
Pope.
SENATOR WADE HaNProN, of South Caro-
lima, was once offered the position of commits
sioner OF the Louisiana state lottery at
salary of $4,000 year, but he declined
fatty and in pretty vigorous terms.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has sent to Con-
gress the third annual report OF the civil
service commission, with message com.
mending the cause to the "Jealous protec-
ton" of the aw-msking power.
JuDaE PERsHINe holds that the act of AZ
sembly Of March 26, 1S67, which provides
that the casting vote in in the hands of the
chief burgess where there Ia tie vote IN
council, Is Unconstitutional, and consequent
ly the chief burgess has no right to vote in
council.
GENERAL W. II. 4. LEE, the son OF
General Robert l.. Lee, just appearing on
the horizon OF national politics is fifty years
of age, a farmer, and bears a strong per-
sonai resemblance to his father, and is
| called "Runy" Lee, name coming down
| from nursery days
GOVERNOR FIrzHUaH LEE, of Virginia,
| has two scars on his person from wounds
one while in the United States army, and
one while in the Confederate States army.
| His colored coschman is named Abraham
| Lincoln, and another colored man in his en-
ploy Jefferson Davis
LOUIS DRoMEL, the turfman who intro
| duced into this country the "Paris mutual"
| system Of pool selling, died on Thursday in
| Louisville, aged So years. He was born in
| France. He was famous as mathematician,
| and had standing offer of $1,000 posted at
| Jerome Park to any one who would find an
| error of five cents in his calculations.
| RUSSELL SAGE, the New York million
/ nj aNatniped N the Snnaripr rOnrt Naw
| York, the other day, said !: al estimate i
am wcrth above all Liabilities several million
dollars. II all my contracts should become a
total loss, l would still be worth several mil
lions of dollars The total loss could not pos
sibly be in excess of &, 100000. i would still
be worth more than S5,oO0,o00.
| SECRETARY MANNING's condition Thurs
day was somewhat improved. At IL O'Clock
he was reported as being very comfortable
The secretary's son said that while for day
or two vet they could not consider his fathel
as out Of danger, the improvement gave then
much hope. The secretary takes the nour
ishment his physicians give him, rests com
fortably, converses with those around hin
and sleeps well.
DIR. HARRY DEAyER, of high standing il
the class Of 's5 of the medical department o
the University of Pennsylvania, has been ap
pointed a resident physician OF the Episcopa
hospital, Philadelphia. He is a son OF DR.. j
NJ. Deaver, of Buck, this county, and
brother OF Prof John B. Deaver, OF the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania DR.. Ross Rowe
son OF c. Rowe, OF Strasburg, has recently
! been appointed physician OF the Pennsylva
| mia railroad between New York and Phila
delphia
| GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN:
memoirs will be a work of about 600 pages,
| large octave volume. about the size OF Blainei
book. The prospectus will be ready in few
months and the work will be published earl,
in the fall. 1t will contain portrait of tn
general and probably a number of battl
scenes. one of which will be that Of Burn
! sides bridge at Antetam. The greater par
! of the book was written by the general, an
it has been edited by his literary executor
Hon. William c. Prime. Its general chsrs6
ter is that OF personal recellections and me
moirs, chiefly regarding his military life. Il
IL, it is said, he criticises men who held put
lie office unsparingly, So much So in fac
{ that the volume will create quite a sensation