Dayton, William

LEWIS, was born in Somerset co., N. J., in 1807; studied law, and began its practice in 1830: became U. S. Senator from his native State in 1842, and again in 1845 and 1851, during which period he was a Whig and opposed the extension of slavery, although he voted against the Fugitive Slave Bill; was a defeated candidate for Vice-President on the Fremont ticket, in 1856; was made Attorney-General of N. J., in 1857, and in 1861 was appointed U. S. Minister to France. Died in Paris, 1864. Dayton, in Kentucky , a city of Campbell co., adjoining Newport, on the Ohio river, opposite Cincinnati, O. Has extensive manufactories, distilleries, . Pop. (1897) about 5,000. Dayton, in Tenne ee, a city, the cap. of Rhea co., on the Q. & C. R. R., 38 m. N. N. E. of Chattanooga. Has iron furnaces, flouring mills and pearl button factories; in a mining region. Pop . (1897) about 3,000. Dayton, in Washington , a city, the cap. of Columbia co., 38 m. by rail N. E. of Walla Walla. Limestone and marble are mined. Pop . (1897) about 2,200. Daza ( dä - thä ), HILAR I ON, Bolivian soldier, born at Sucre, 1840. In 1858 he became member of a revolutionary faction and took part in various disturbances. He at one time averted a revolution by carrying the news of the outbreak to La Paz, riding 50 leagues a day. This action won him the grade of colonel. The Bolivians proclaimed him President, May 4, 1876. He declared war on Chile, but, being incompetent as a commander, his soldiers mutinied and he fled to Are quip a. After learning that Campero had been declared President of Bolivia, he retired to France. He subsequently returned to Bolivia and was a a inated Feb. 28, 1894. Deacone es. An order of women in the early church, which corresponded to that of deacons. It ceased in the Western Church in the 5th century, but continued in the East till the 12th or 13th. During the Middle Ages its duties of teaching, charity, ., were a umed by the nuns and Sisters of Charity. Within the 19th century a somewhat similar order was instituted in connection with the Luther an Church and the Episcopal Church of England and the U. S. In the early church the D. were regular officials in every congregation. As now instituted they take the form of a ociations, known as D. in France and Germany, but usually as Sisterhoods in England and America. The largest deacone institution connected with the Luther an Church is that at Kaiserswerth, on the Rhine. It includes a deacone -, or mother-house, where the sisters live, and various adjoining buildings, schools, asylums, . In 1836 it opened with a single sister. It now contains several hundred, while out-stations have been established in all parts of the world. In England there are many sisterhoods, in connection with the Established Church, the largest and most succe ful being the Deacone Home at Mildmay Park, which has many women engaged in mi ion work in various parts of the world, while in London the sisters work among the most degraded cla es, in house visitations, supplying dinners, nursing, teaching, . In the U. S. there are several deacone institutions connected with the Protestant Episcopal Church, and a number of sisterhoods. The oldest deacone institution is that founded in 1872 for the diocese of Long Island, which has charge of the Church Charity Foundation in Brooklyn, and other charitable institutions. The sisterhood a are somewhat widely distributed, their members being actively engaged in charitable work, while dependent for existence on the charity of the public. Dead Letter Office. A division of the post-office service to which undelivered mail matter is sent after a specified time, or if of such a character that it cannot be transmitted. Letters and packages are returned to the writer, when the addre is given and they do not contain perishable or injurious matter; otherwise they are destroyed. Dead Reckoning. ( Navigation .) The calculation of a ship's place at sea without taking a stellar observation. The estimation is made from a known locality, by aid of the rate of sailing, as shown by the logs, and the time elapsed, while the direction is obtained from the compa . D. R. is liable to errors, but must be trusted to when the stars are not visible. Dead'wood, in South Dakota , an important city, cap. of Lawrence co., on F., E. & Mo. V. and C., B. & Q. R. Rs. The trade center of the Black Hills region, and has very extensive mining, manufacturing and shipping interests. Pop . (1897) about 5,000.