Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-19

PERSONAL.

Rev. Addison Ballard, of Williams-
town, Massachusetts, has received q call
to the pastorate of the First Cengrega-
tional Church of Detroit.
The Spirituslists have been commune
eating with Green, the recently executed
murderer. He expresses himself satisfied
with his hanging.
General Grant has received the present
of q fine Arabian horse from the Mexican
General Carvajal.
Hon. Lyman Trumbull has formed a
new law firm at Chicago, of which he is
to be the senior partner.
The Marquis DeBoissy is so indignant
at the refusal of the hanging committee
Of the French Academy to exhibit his
portrait that he threatens to exhibit it in
public himself.
Count Walewski, an illegitimate son of
Napoleon L. and the Polish Princess Wa
lewski, and a prominent official of the
Second Empire, has received the title of
Duke.
Hon. John Minor Bolts is in New York
experimenting the publication Of his
work entitled the "Secret History of the
Great Rebellion" 1t is crowded with
fresh and interesting facts.
E. P. Whipple, of Boston, is to deliver
the Grafton at the Tufts College Mass
commencement in July, and Ben ShiIla-
Der Mrs. Partington) will read a humor-
Gus poem.
The Hon. George Morey, an old and
prominent lawyer of Boston, died last
week. He graduated at Harvard College
in the class with the late American scholar
Edward Everett.
The story goes in Paris that the other
evening Prince Metternich, on being re-
quested by a Prussian countess TO write
something in her album, calamity re-
sponded to the summons by an impromptu
which may be rendered as follows
''should Count de Bismark take the field
Behiad such charms as thine.
Right swift the Austrian would yield
Both Schleswig and Holstein-'
The Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
recently went on a little frolic and came
to grief. Being an ex-oficio Warden of
the State Prison, and in that capacity
having received a lot of new uniform
clothing for the convicts, he put on a suit
and went into town. But he was imme-
diately apprehended, taken before a JUS
tiee OF the peace, and sent to the prison
as an escaped convict.
The latest wonderful spiritual story
comes from England. A gentleman was
asked if he would like TO call a spirit. al
should" the gentleman replied. "Whose?"
asked the medium. aLindley Murray's."
Lindley Murray's ghost appeared erect
fbronrb tba tabia Tba oa1t1an,ap abud
dered. All trembled. The medium was
visiqly affected. "Are you the spirit of
Lindley Murray asked the gentleman,
astonished at MS own courage in thus ad-
dressing a v~isitant of the lower world.
"Yes, 1 ere" boldly responded Lindley
Murray's ghost. Poor Lindley Murray.
A French workman has Just completed,
for the Dake of Wellington, a watch of
novel and peculiar construction, the idea
of which was conceived by the Duke
himself, who is well known to be of an
impatient temper, and cannot pass half
an hour in any ones society without feel
ing an irresistible inclination to look at
his watch. Now, it is exceedingly impo-
lite, particularly in England, to draw
forth a watch in presence of ladies, and
the Duke has hit upon an ingenious plan
to ascertain the hour without any one
present being the wiserfor it. The watch
manufactured for him is a silent repeater.
1t is provided with a spring, upon touch
ing which a small hammer issues from the
case and strikes the hour in the palm of
the persons hand who holds it. The
Duke will merely need to slip his hand
carelessly into his pocket, touch the
and he is Immediately informed of
the time of day.
A young son of General Rousseau, of
Kentucky, disgraced himself in Wash
on Friday last, by a series of
rutfianly acts. He went to q temperance
room and called for a glass of ale. |
The clerk informed him that liquors were
not sold in the house. He not appearing
satisfied with this reply, was asked by gen
tleman standing near, R. B. Milligsn by
name, whether he was aware that this
house. To this cues |
ton he responded by the remark, "whvrv
are you from? l know where you're
from; you're from New Hampshire" mo, |
worse than that" said Milligan "1'm
from Vermont" To which Rousseau re-
piled by calling him - Yankee -
-, and exclaiming boastfully, "Tm q
Southerner, and proud of it" II don't
envyyou the honor" responded Milligan;
Rousseau, with an oath, threat
ened to "cut his liver OUT He was then
put out of the building, but soon returned
with a revolver, and tried to shoot one or
two men, but failed, and was finally ar
rested and carried off.