The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-11
Personals

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who was removed from office bt the
military commanders, resides qHetly
on his farm In Boerne, which 30 Gull
tivates with marked success.
Seth P. Norton, the agent and busi-
ness manager of the Collins Axe
Company, Collinsville, Ct, Dip on
Tuesday of congestion of thes hngs.
| His age was forty-four. Mr.. Nbrton
| had an insurance on his iIfk for
$4,000, which goes to his widow
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes IS ar
rived at Montreal to take stepsEo Sc
cure copyright for his works.
It is rumored that Parepa hus-
band will either challenge or sic the
editor of Harper's Bdzdr for falling
him Charles Rose.
The Grand Duchess Olga ii to re-
ceive 100000, down on her marriage
with the King of the Greeks, and
e40, 900 year afterwards.
The newspapers have -beeni trying
to marry Miss Netty Marshall, Gaugh-
ter of ex-General Humphreh Mar
shall, of Kentucky the auI horess,
to Lord William Mosgrove, himself
an author. In a letter to al Louis
vile friend, Miss Marshall sAys: +" I
know no gentleman by the kame of
Mosgrove, and | have no pr Sent in
tention of sailing for Europe3 r.
The Rev. j. Kelsey Burr, IA. NJ,
one of the. most successful ind dis
tinguished ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church In New Jersey, has
received and accepted call to FIJI the
chair of Hebrew Language In the
Drew Theological Seminary This year,
/ In addition to his pastoral nuties in
connection with the Centr4 n. E.
| Church. Newark. N. j.
Estaquio Barron, the celebrated
| English banker of Mexico, FhoIately
died, was once British Consul at San
Bias, and used to spend tw3nty times
his salary in entertaining hi 5 country
men who happened to pass 4 Trough the
city. He was very wealthy, and at
one time owned the New Almaden
quicksilver mines In Califdfnia.
An assembly of fifteen Jingle ladies
was held after church, 1t Phillips
burg, New Jersey, on 81 nday after
noon, and, on quiet and calm deliber-
alton, resolved that the1- would not
encourage the advances 3of any gen.
tlemans, unless he was thoroughly
temperance man.
It is said that the Quetn only took
fancy to John BrowA because he
had been a friend of Ftipce Albert.
But j. 3. presumed on her kindness,
and on one occasion Attempted to put
on her mantilla, which. III a mere SER
want, is the height of kheek The
Lord Chamberlain hadto kick him,
actual y kick him. before he could get
chance to put it on .hiRself.
The Rev. John Rodney, the ven
cradle Rector. of st. luke's P. E.
Church; Germantown, Ihaving acom-
pleted the forty second year Of his
ministry among an att ehed and de-
voted people. has resi- med his posi-
ton. Rev. B. Wistaf Morris, for
many years the Rectd IS Assistant,
has accepted the positidn to which he
was elected by the Ve4try, upon Mr..
Rodney's resignation.
DIR. J. V. C.. Smith, of Boston. and
DIR. J. II. Griscom, of New York
have been adjudged the successful
7 competitors for the = Prize Essay or
the Physical Signs of Longevity" fol-
which $500 was offered some time age
by the American Popular Life Insu
rance Company. The essay of each
of the gentleman was. so. good that
the committee could not determine
which was the better, and the prize
was awarded to each.
e DIR. Charles H. s. Davis. of Meri
den, Connecticut, has commenced tb,
publication of the Davis Famil,
Record" a monthly periodical de
voted to gathering facts and stats
tics of the family history and genealo
gy, In preparation for the publication
of the whole in a complete volume
i Among the facts solicited. of ever
member of the family is the plac
: and date of your birth, marriage ans
death, with that of all known rela
tions. Captain Dollar Davis. VIII,
came from England in 1854, is tn,
d. progenetor OF the family in this. coun
try, and among his descendants ar
Andrew Jackson Davis, of Westfeld
Commodore G. H. Davis, G. A. Davis
major Jack DowniBg) and Ex-'Goy
ut John Davis, Of Massachusetts.
A boy WHO was employed in th
office OF a Paris stockbroker, and VIII
had talent for carfcature, sketche,
upon the blank wall of the clerk
II room, a kind of pencil frescoe,
n Tenniel, representing very nigh pei
UT sonage indeed, arfayed after tn
nd fashion of BEondin, walking blind
.. folded along a tight rope, and holdin
- in his hand albalancing pole, on on
o end ofwhich 4Bismdrck stands, Will