Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-16

Representative Smith thinks the commit
tee rooms would have to be entirely re-
furnished. There would have to be new
tables and & squeezing-up all around, and
fifty nine new and expensive chairs must
be added. Mr.. Smith believes the rooms
are already OyercrOwded and that outside
Of the item of expense general enlarge
ment of tie committees is scheme CT
doubtful utility. Mr. Smith, by the way,
is not much more interested than Dem
ocrat in getting Kcifer out OF bis dilemma.
PERSONAL.
Colonel WILLIAM II. SHARKS, Z prom
inent citizen of Georgia died at Marietta,
in that state, on Friday night.
The mother of the late General CUSTER
died at Monroe, Michigan, on Saturday
morning.
Mrs. SARAH BELLA MCLEAN. widow of
Judge Mclean, Of the United States SUI
preme court, died on Friday in Cincinnati.
at the age Of so years.
';A Young preacher Of ability' tempo
rally filling Presbyterian pulpit in Phil
adelpha, has the remarkable name Of
MANcAsAR NJ. MANGAsARIAS.
Her physicians "ind Mrs. LINCOLN
suffering from chronic disease of the kit::-
neys and commencing cataract of both
eyes,
Rev. JOHN SEEIY Stone, d. d., thco-
loyian and author, OF the Protestant
| Episcopal church, died at Cambridge,
Mass, last Thursday, aged 81.
JAEEz W. lIAYELs, for 10 years treasurer
OF the Episcopal diocese of New Jersey,
and 4fycafs member "f the city council
| OF Newark, New Jersey, died in that city
on 'aturday, aged 93 years.
Mr.. LESTER WAL1ACE, has recently ell
doweL a bed for the use of invalid actors
! in the Homeopathic hospital in Brooklyn
ont o! the proceeds of one OF his profess
sional engagements in that city.
/ 4 father in-law is handy to have i: the
house. Mr.. ID. O. Mills, millionaire, has
paid of the mortgage oS $500, 900 or $4OO, -
600 whicl, Mr.. Jay Gould held Oh the
ISl y l.,
! WuITELAw REID, has absolute and un-
tram ,:cled control.
A. II. TANNER, ex-congressman from
| New York. died Oh Saturday morning, at
Whitehall! in that state, at the age Of 40
| years. H., served in the war and was
| lieutenant Colonel Of the One Hundred and
Twenty third New York regiment. In
| 1868 lie Was elected to the Forty first Con-
GrcsS.
EDWARD L. LAWRENCE, until recently
president of the Columbia fire insurance
company, and vice president of the Mining
Trust company, died in New York Oh
Friday. He was Z native of England,
and was about 4j years Of age. During
the war for the Union he was major for
Sixty first New York volunteers.
4 few days before the sickness OF the
late Mrs. CAROLINE RICHISGs- BERNARD,
who died on Saturday from smallpox, she
! celebrated the thirteenth. anniversary Of
her marriage at the dinner party there
We're thirteen friends present. These who
retain the suve!stitious terror OF the num-
| Ter thirteen have commented freely on
! this fact.
! Before P,rsnn NEWMAN left the N. E..
| c,iIrc!, lie is said To have been willing to
*t:iy i: he we're made 4 bishop and he
! indicated that if the Metropolitan NJ. f.
chnrcis Of Washington, Of which he was
pasto" ;o- SOME six years, and which was
in debt, would dissolve its connection
entirely with the Methodist conference
and become an Independent Methodist
| Episcopal church and call him to its pas
trlatc, he would accept such pastoratc,
withdrawing himself from the Methodist
conference, and would become individually
and personally responsible for tho pay
ment OF the entire debt of said church.
OSCAR WILDE's mission to this curntry
after all is not wholly to found an :rs: lietic
school. lie is the nephew of the late
Judge John Kngsl,ury Elgcc, of Rapidcs,
La. This gentleman was an Irsilman bv
birth and came to Louisiana when quite
young ;lna aniassa,l there u considerable
fortune. He lad purchased the we'll
known Withers plantation, just below
Fort Adams, for nearly 81 900, OO0. After
his ,lecease MIR. Withers regained posses
sion Of this property, only portion of the
purchase money having been paid, owing
to the war; Mr.. Wilde's friends have u
conviction that he has somehow claim
oh the Louisiana property, and that the
| lawyers with whom he has consulted are
o! opinion that - he has a case
OrSnnIc Compliments for Il Republican
Congress-.
i'hiluieiphia Press, Rep.
Tho rca! bottom difficulty with the
House at Washington is not too many
committees or too much speaker but too
little brains.
Speaker kcifer has demonstrated more
quickly than most expected the truth of
the sober statement of the Press that he
was the poorest choice open to the Repub-
! lican caucus, aud chosen under circnm-
stances that made his administration GER
tain to be Il failure.
moving on the Offices.
A number Of prominent colored citizens
OF Arkansas, after three days. consulta-
ton in Little Rock, have issued a call for
state convention of colored men. 1t is
understood that the conference discussed
the alleged federal office. holding mis-