Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-28
PERSONAL
80. Collins is at New Orleans.

go. Collins is at New Orleans.
80. Mr.. Dempster has gone South.
-. Parker II Fench was at St. Louis last
week.
-. Maggie Mitchell is very popular among
the Richmond theatre-goers.
80. Park Benjamin delivered humorous
poem at Newark, N. j., on Tuesday evening.
80. George Law must be " flush" for he
last week received a "check at Philadelphia
80. Hon. P. T. Herbert, from California,
arrived in Mobile on the 18th inst.
80. Hon. VIM. C. Dawson, and Hon. George
w. Crawford, were in Mobile on the 10Th
inst.
80. Gov. N. B. Baker, of New Hampshire,
has located himself for the practice Of law, in
Clinton county, Iowa.
80. Beauvallet, an actor who came over
with Rachel, has returned to France, and is
about to show up the Yankees.
80. Mr.. Wise has given notice in the house
of commons of his intention to move for
select committee to inquire into the state Of
the British consular establishments abroad.
go. Ii. r. Hemingway, of Chicago, was
robbed on the 18th, near Albany, Of So, 500,
on the Schenectady train. He had the money
in carpet bag, and $4,000 of it was in specie.
lie was asleep when the robbery was commit
ted.
80. Mr.. W. Baldwin, the great Philadel-
phia machinist, has just finished q powerful
locomotive for the Vera Cruz railroad, adorned
with much fancy and exquisite skill, in man
ner to crafty the peculiar taste of the Next
can people.
80. A. G. Holt, has just finished painting
full length portrait of W Washington, from Gil
bert stewards celebrated picture. The picture
was painted by order of Edward Everett, by
whom 1t has been presented to the Mercantile
Library Association of Boston.
..,. Mr.. Jas Turner, Sen in the ninety
eight year of his age, soldier of the Revo.
lutionary war, who fought at Briar Creek and
Guilford Court House, was taken prisoner,
and for several months kept on board a prison.
ship, died in Alamance county, N. c., on the
18th instant
-. Countess Spaur has just been married
at Rome for the fourth time. Her " first"
was Count Giraud her second was Lord Dow.
dell, who left her large fortune; her third
was Count Spaur, Bavarian Ambassador at
Rome. and her fourth is Baron Charles de
Kauntiz, Prussian Ambassador.
go. Editor Cook, of the Miles Republican,
has been terribly sold" A few days since
he graciously favored lady correspondent
and published q little poem designed rs a rep
rimand to dilatory beaus. The poem is signed
{" Citsorca" Reverse the signature and you
have Acrostic; take the hint and read down
the poem and you have "plain as printing"
sd. b. Cook is the Prince Of Asses"
.... Mrs. Ridgway, Philadelphia lady
who has been quite fashionable parsonage
in Paris, is probably to share In the distribu-
ton of the property of the late Duches de
Plsisance, by being descended from one Thorn
as Lloyd Moore, brother of Elizabeth Moore,
who was married to M. Barbe de Marbois
French Ambassador at Washington, and father
of the Duchess. The case turned on the Iegi.
timacy Of the birth of Thomas and Elizabeth
Moore, and as Mrs. Ridgwsy succeeded in
set forth that their parents, William Moore
and Sarah Llyod, were duly married on the
18th Of December, 1857, and that they were
born, Thomas in 1857, and Elisabeth in 1884 !:
and as besides she produced other proofs of
the same, the Tribunal admitted her claim.