Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-09
PERSONAL.

JOHN G.. WHITTIER, the Quaker poet, is
expected to attend to day the yearly meet.
ing of Friends at Portland, Me-, which
opened its session yesterday.
GENERAL LONGsTREET's son failed to
pass the examination at the naval acad-
emy and he has been given a clerkship in
the interior department.
JAY GOULD is reminded by an esteemed
contemporary that when Commodore Van
derbilt went out on a yachting voyage in
1856, he took chaplain with him.
II. r. SNYDER, a wellknOwn merchant
of Whitehall, New York, and for many
years captain on tho Lake Champlain
steamers. died suddenly on Thursday OF
apOplexy.
FATHER BYRON, who created sensa
tion in the Roman Catholic chucch at
Ansonio, Conn.,, by directing his parish
toner's to employ Catholic physician. left
yesterday for another field.
FATHER MAHoNEY, a Catholic clergy
man in Milwaukee,, refuses to administer
the sacraments OF the church to saloon
keepers who violate the laws governing
the liquor traffic.
WILLIAM W. THOMAS, ,jr., according to
telegram from Portland, Maine, "has
expressed his willingness to accept the
Swedish mission,' to which he was ap
pointed on Thursday.
ELIPHALET CLARK, the Oldest hom@o.
pathic physician in Maine, and the
founder, with Dr.. Gray, of New York, OF
the American Institute CT Homeopathy
died yesterday at his residence near Port
land, aged SO years.
WILLIAM MCKINNEY, WHO is prominent
ly mentioned by tho Democrats of Mary
land for governor, owns $4,000 acres of
land in Queen Anne's county. Last year
he harvested a crop of 45, 600 bushel. of
wheat.
ISAAC II. BROMLEY, of. Connecticut,
George H Haven, of New York Watson
Parrish, of Nebraska Colgate Hoyt, of
New York, and Arthur l.. Conger, of
Ohio, havo been appointed by thu prcsi-
dent government directors of tho Pacific
railroad.
LEGISLATOR LEMUEL AMERMAN, of
Lacka wanna, and Miss MaryC. Van Mort,
were united in marriage carly Thursday
morning, ut the residence of the brido's
parents, Scranton. Tho wedding trip
takes in Harrisburg, Washington and tho
South.
RICHARD BURKE, said to be 1OG years of
age, has been awarded $500 damages by a
jury at Elizabethtown, New York, for tho
killing of his son in al iron mine through
the alleged negligence of the owners. 1t
is said "the damages were not rated
higher because the jury considered that
the pecuniary loss to tho old man was not
great, as his chances of life are small"
SECRETARY CHANDLER arrived in Con-
cord, N. H., yesterday, being sum- ioned
there by the serious illness of his mother.
He said in reply to an inquiry that under
no circumstances would he be q candi-
date for U. s. senator at this session of
the New Hampshire Legislature. He said,
further, that he believed it would be ille-
gal to choose more than one senator at this
time.
MIR. ARTHTR will move into his summer
quarters at the Soldiers Homo to- day. He
yesterday received a delegation of Kiowa
and Comanche Indians who called to nav
their respects. Gen. W. S. Hancock asd
Gen. Sawtelle also called upon the presi
dent. Secretary Lincoln and General
Sherman, and Adjutant General Drum,
will leave Washington to. morrow evening
for West Point, to attend the graduating
exercises of the military academy next
week