The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-02-21
PERSONAL AND LITERARY

a congregation in Chicago, was offered a
! salary of five thousand dollars, and pres
ent in cash Of ten thousand dollars, if he
would remain with his old congregation, but
declined the offer.
"JosH BILLINGS" Mr.. Henry W. Shaw,
Of Poughkecpse, N. r., is a native Of Mas
sachusctts, born in Lanesborough, Berk-
shire He has resided in the West, been
ruined several times, been man Of many
inve ntions, descending gracefully at last
4 from the pedestal Of the auctioneer to the
| writer and lecturer, where We trust he will
stick and realize. He is q man of family,
large framed, large-hearted, with pleasant
| shake Of the hand and face full Of good
humor, looking in all respects as Billings
| ought with hat outdoing all previous at
tempts in that line. He has written really
more good things than any writer of the
mis-spelt school.
! Mas. OssrAN E. DoDoE, wife Of the we'll
| known vocalist, died at st. Paul, last week,
and her funeral took plack last Friday
/ MISS ADELlHA PATTI is now singing at
/ the Italian opera in Paris, at the rate of
! 500 night, and is about TO strike for q
] thousand
| Or Shakespeare, it is said by Richard Grant
/ White, that lie never retouched or amended
one line of all his works: he wrote for mo-
ney, and having got his pay he left his words
| to take care Of themselves. He never wrote
| anybody letter, and when he died, left but
| four signatures behind.
1 ENGLISH papers announce the death Of
| Dr.. George petrie, the eminent archGolo-
gist. He was about scventy-six yoars Of
age
Io
/ hero, recently broke his arm at Honolulu
] by falling from horse.
I THERE is one instance Of person hold
! ing College Presidency even longer than
! the late DR.. Mott, of Union College. Rev.
/ Martin Joseph Routh was elected President
of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1871, and
age of 49, The Senior College President
Of Williams, who was elected in 1886.
OK Sunday. 18th inst, Rev. John S. C.
Abbott, the distinguished clergyman and
historian, who for years past has occupied
the pulpit of the Howe Street Congrega-
tional Church, New Haven, CT, preached
his farewell sermon.
/ In the billiard tournament at Memphis,
on the 18th, Choate of Cincinnati beat Bar
ret Of Memphis by 81 points in 500, and
Melvin Foster Of New York defeated
Guthrie Of Memphis BY 34s points.
The Hon. L. j. NJ Hale, Of Haverhill,
Mass, has purchased site and donated the
money for splendid building, which will
contain reading-room and lecture-room,
as well as library, and given the money
! for the books for free library for Haver
hill. The donation will not fall short Of
/ 100000.
HENcEFoRTH Adelina Patti will demand
five thousand francs, or one thousand dol
lars per night for her singing. No discount
on her notes.
A New York letter writer says that the
| Round TaJle has about paid expenses thus
far, and that the Nation has been loss to
its proprietors of about $4,000.
SOMEBODY who has been to the Roth
schilds' country house, in France, says the
most comfortable chair in the salon de tamais
was once the throne Of q Chinese Emperor,
presented by that celestial to Rothschild.
A sofa in this said room is covered by ORR
entail embroidery bearing the imperial dra-
gon. The Baron's private study is fur
nished with Gobelin tapestry, worked from
designs by Boucher. The walls Of the
smoking room are entirely covered with
Russia leather, exactly the tint Of a cigar
and on this costly material Eugene Laury
has painted exquisite frescoes. The family
dining-room is decorated with sporting sub
iects, executed by Philippe Rousseau. i
opens on small and very plain synagogue.
1t was in the large dining-room that the
Emperor and his suite partook of the cele-
brated luncheon in 1862, served on Bernard
de Palssy china, and plate chiselled by
Gotieres.
THE death of Sir Charles Eastlake has
been followed by that Of another eminent
English artist, Mr.. John Gibson, the sculp-
tor. He was born at Conway, North Wales,
in 1871, and was apprenticed in 1906 as a
cabinet maker, and soon afterward as a
wood carver. His talent as sculptor at
tracing the attention of Mr.. Roscoe, fund
was raised in Liverpool to enable him to
prosecute his studies in Italy, and in 1917,
he left for Rome, where he resided until his
| death. He enjoyed the patronage of Ca
nova and Thorwaldsen. He was the first of
modern sculptors to introduce color into his
statuary. His . Hero and Leander," in the
possession of the Duke Of Devonshire and
his "Sappho,' Hebe," "Venus," and
kindred works, are noble monuments Of his
genius, as well as his statues Of Queen Vic
toria, Huskisson, Peel, and Stephenson.
GENERAL BUTLER is reported to have pur-
chased extensive mill property on James
river, near Richmond, Virginia, with the
design of erecting cotton factories thereon.
He also contemplates the purchase of the
tract of land through which his famous
Dutch Gap Canal runs, for the settlement OF
New England families and factory oper-
atives.
RANDOLPH, being asked to play chess on
one occasion, refused, and gave the follow
ing reason: i" have not played at chess for
the last II years; the very sight of the
board and men gives rise to painful remin-
iscences, for the last game played lost me
personal friend forever. l was on the
most intimate terms with Mr. Jefferson as
you may have heard, it being now matter Of
history, and soon found out that, politician
and philosopher as he was, he took more
pride in his skill at chess than in anything
else. Very few could beat him, and at last
he could not endure defeat. Knowing this,
and feeling that was his match, had al
ways declined playing, as did not want to
quarrel with him, until one unfortunate
evening, when he touched ny Virginian
| pride in SO pointed way that | could nc
longer refuse with honor, and we sat down
to the game. 1t was warm contest. Greek
met Greek, ! at length cried checkmate,
and he never forgave afterwards"
Ar the close Of q recent Sunday evening
service at Plymouth Church, Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher suggested that an adjourned
meeting should be called for the purpose OF
considering the desirability of having an
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