Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-11

TnE LATE JOHN KELLY vindicated his
reputation as sagacious man 10y leaving his
entire fortune TO his wife and children.
JOHN r. SMITH, the late treasurer of the
Reformed church synod, now in session at
New Brunswick, y. j., is to I've prosecuted
for shortage of SIS, 600.
PRINCE AuGusro LEorsLp, grandson of
Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil, reached
baltimore ON Thursday. He visited several
OF the prominent esta ahlshmeuts of the cis rs
well as newspaper offices.
GEN. e. \. HANItroN, ext. :. marshal,
was stricken with spopleNy in Milwaukee ON
thursday, while boarding a train for Chicago,
and Is in critical condition. lie wasa class
mate OF General Grant at West Point.
REV. WILLIAM HENRY RoEERrs, u. D.,
has been elected to- the chair OF practical
theology in Lane theological seminary, I'm
cinnati, Ohio, by a unanimous vote OF the
trustees He succeeds Rev. Dr. James Eeils,
deceased.
| Mr.. JAMES DAY is u benevolent and thrifty
| farmer near Shady Side, y. j., IN the suburhS
| of New York. lie has conceived the idea of
| inviting the clerks of New York to spend
| their Saturday hail holidays under his spread
| ing shade trees. His day ought to be one of
prolonged sunshine.
| EDWARD ATKINSON calculates that an
| eight hour law would only affect one in ten
| among all the workers in the country, the
other nine-tenths being engaged in OCcupa-
TONS IN which shorter hours are lmpraCtiCahie,
| rs farming, herdlng, fishing, carrying, rail
| roading and the like.
SENATOR HAwLEY voted for the passage
| of the bill prohibiting members OF Congress
| from acting as attorneys or employees of rail-
| road companies that had reCeIVed land grants
or pecunary and from the United states. lie
| seems TO have regretted his action, tor ON his
| motion il WAS agreed to reconsider.
| FREDERICK ELLISON, of Indiana, recently
| appointed United States Consul at AsunCiou,
| Paraguay, has resigned because since his
| confirmation by the Senate he has understood
| from friends that AsunciOn is very un-
| healthy place, and he would probably not
| live over two or three weeks the went there.
| GOVERNOR PATrlsON, has made the follow
| ing appointments Robert Mcmahon, of
| Pittsburg, to be inspector of steam engines
| aud boilers for Allegheny county; w. j.
| Sawyer, of Pittsburg; Peter {. Spidel, oI
| Prttsburg, and J. Monroe Shelcnberger, o
| Doyleslown, to be members of the board o.
| public charity. The last two are appointed
instead of Lewis Peterson aud w. W. II
| Davis, whose terms have expired. Sawyer
WAS reappointed.
| Mrs. EMINNIE A SMITH, who died in
| Jersey City yesterday, was "a very remark hable
woman. She was member Ofmauy learned
societies and a founder of the organization
| known as tue Daughters OF .EsthetICS having
| "A desire 10 investigate the habits ot the aO'
| origines. In 1850 she accepted an invitation
| to visit the remnants of the Six Nations, and
| soon afterwards was received 10y the Tusca-
rOras and IrOgu0is Indians. The latter tribe
adopted her. At this time she was under
| engagement 10y the bureau of ethuolOgy OF
| the Smithsonian institution To compile a
| dictionary of phrases in the lrOQuUis language.
| The dictionary was just on the point of coul-
| pletion at the time OF her death. In addition
| she compiled for the board dictionary of the
| Tuscarora and Mohawk Languages, the latter
| of which is almost ready for press.