Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-07-13
PERSONAL.

DENNIS KEARNEY and Stephen Maybell,
the California demagOgues, left Chicago
yesterday for New York, where they OK
pect to speak in the Cooper institute.
BARONESS WILSON, Spanish authoress,
will soon establish a paper in the city OF
Mexico, to advocate closer union be-
tween the inhabitants OF the Latin and
American countries"
SENATOR ROLLINS has now uncondi.
tionally withdrawn from the contest for
reelection in New Hampshire, and releas.
ed his friends from all obligations to vote
for him.
PROF. SMYTHE, of Andover, has declined
the presidency of Bowdoin college, and
Prof. Alpheus 8. Packard has been elected
acting president, to assume his duties on
Oct. I.
MARK TWAIN has had set up in Elmira,
N. Y, q solid stone watering trough by
whose names and dates of birth are carved
on tho sides of the troughs.
w RUSH GILLIAN, of Chambersburg,
having been appointed by tho governor to
supervise tho reprinting, under the au-
thOrity of the state. of the state law
reports, from Dallas to Outerbridge has
been confirmed by the governor.
NJ. p. HANDY, managing editor of tho
Philadelphia Press goes to Europe next
week. He has had years of hard and
profitable work on the Tribune. Philadel-
phia Times and Philadelphia Press. Mr..
H. is one of the best equipped and most
popular journalists in the country.
LucIus P. THOMPSON, the retired dry
goods merchant, who was a prominent
figure in national politics two years ago as
President Garfield's appointment as survey
or of Philadelphia. died Wednesday night
at his residence, Germantown, of Bright's
disease of the kidneys He had been con-
fined to his bed for six weeks, but the
malady of which he d.oi had been develo-
ping for several years.
Mr.. RANDALL is reported as saying in
Philadelphia yesterday that he is not a
presidential candidate, nor candidate
"directly or remotely for an other Office
than that of speaker" but that ho is
candidate for tho speakership and feels
certain of the caucus nomination. my
name will 60 before the Democratic caucus
for speaker" he says, land know enough
to feel certain that shall he its nominee
for that Office
SENATOR MCDONALD's private life is a
very happy one. His home in Indianap
oils is eminent!y respectable but not fash
ionable. Here he entertains with old
fashioned hospitality, one of his habits
being to give reception to each state
Legislature, which is regularly looked
forward to as feature of the session. He
has been married twice and has had three
sons and one daughter by his first wife.
Of these two SONS survive, one of whom
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hyterian, liberal in sentiment and purse.
| G. NJ HORTON, internal revenue agent
at Boston, Thursday telegraphed to Com
missioner Evans. as follows Recogniz
| ing your personal kindness to me, would
very much like to relieve you of embarass.
ments, but cannot comply with your
request for my resignation, as it would
be in effect confession Of guilt, and am
not guilty. l would prefer dismissal be
cause 1 cannot afford to lose my character
and employment at the same time" Tho
commissioner of internal revenue "nOt
having received the resignation of G. NJ.
Horton as an internal revenue agent as
requested" Thursday directed the revoca.
ton of his appointment.
! SUPT. r. X. BUEHRLE, of this city, read
q paper in the meeting of state superin
tendents at Williamsport yesterday on
teachers libraries, which, he claimed,
should be established everywhere. The
statistics of American public libraries were
given and good showing was made for
Philadelphia. DR.. J. p. Wickersh am
made an address called "The Next STEP"
and said that during the past twenty years
the association had made great many
steps in the way of progress. He then
entered into detail of the changes that
had taken place, and expressed his salts.
faction at being again with the teachers.
He contended that there must be 4 con.
tinual advance in the system of educa.
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