Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-02-11
PERSONAL.

CARDINAL MCCABE died at Kingston, Ire
land Monday night, of Inflammation of the
bowels
BISHOP WILLIAM GROSS of the, diocese
of Savannah, Ga, has been appointed by tho
pope as archbishopof Oregon.
NEAL Dow IL now convinced that the en-
nifty to prohibition comes from the moderate
drinkers. Hard drinkers are all anxious for
tho closing Of the grOg shop as IA relief from
temptation.
Hon. WILLIAM l.. SCoTT, it il stated, will
resign the presidency of the New York.
Philadelphia 4 Norfolk railroad and be
succeeded by A. J. Cassatt who has just re-
turned from Europe.
DR. DENNIS |. MCKEw, a prominent
physician of Baltimore, died Monday night,
OF Brights disease, aged - years He was
president of the alumni of the University of
Maryland, and was considered among the
foremost members of his profession.
Mr.. MICHAEL DAvITT is seeking to pro-
sent an address to the pope justifying tho !ac-
ton of the Catholic Irish Nationalists Tho
Vatican is unwilling to negotiate with Mr..
Dayitt Eminent persons however, are try
ing TO procure him an audience with tho
pope.
SENATOR NJ c. BUTLER, of South Carolina
is the handsomest man VINO has been in
Washington this winter. The women enthuse
over him ana court him but he has been used
to that sort OF thing since no wore curls and
said his prayers at his mothers knee, and ac-
cepts their homage with such grace and dig
nifty that it disarms criticism.
PATRICK :. GILMORE and his old cornetst,
Jules Levy, were discussing insomnia in the
Hoffman house, New York. Levy said he
suffered constantly from loss of sleep, and
the only remedy in his case was To dine in
"the still, small hours" and " have blow +"
on his instrument. "And them" suggested
Mr.. Gilmore, " all the rest OF the nelghbOr-
hood suffers from Insomnia"
ROBERT NJ. SHOEMAKER, who died i'll
Cincinnati on Tuesday at the age OF seventy
years, was one Of the most noted of tho
Western railroad builders. Mr.. Shoemaker
took leading part in building the Little
Miami, Mad river, Dayton x Michigan, Gin
cinnati, Hamilton d Dayton, Kentucky y
Central, Dayton Short Limo and Kansas Pa
cific railroads. His fortune IL placed at about
S2,0OO,OOO.
LILLE DEvEREAux BLAKE is chucklng
over the fact that among the great men in
favor of suffrage are found the names of Plato,
Victor Hugo, Abraham Lincoln, Sidney
Smith, John Stuart Mill, Charles Kingsley,
Herbert Spencer, Longfcllow, Emerson and
Whittier, while thousands of men of small
Ter brains and no fame whatever are am ong
those who don't believe in the rights OF
women"
Mr.. w. u. L. BARNES, senior counsel for
the defendant inthe famous Hill-Sharon case,
which has agltated the state OF California
for more than year, is mad of most
marked characteristics He possesses in a
rare degree "personal magnetism" His
personality is pleasant his address aiiable,
and his flow of language something remark
able AS a jury lawyer he has no peer on the
Pacific coast He has been author, soldier
and, at times, actor.
Mrs. HATTIE WARNER, who is called the
Mrs. Langtry, "of Patterson, n. j. made her
debut on tho theatrical stage in that city
Tuesday night The street was blocked with
carriages, and there was a long row of per-
sons waiting for the sale of standing room
after the seats were filled. Before the cur.
tain rose the house was packed Such an
audience was never seen before on such
night The performance was "The Schoo
for Scandal" ="