The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-18
Personal Items.


ming both papers.
The Democratic legislative eeucus |
Of New Jersey has nominated John |
p Stockton for U nited States Senator. |
Mrs. Lucretia Mott completed her
seventy sixth year January I'd, and |
still retains her health.
Brigham Young's Office is directly
connected by telegraph with every
village In Utah. ..'Ias.s ii.'5 afiliv sals.as
Mrs. Mary StetsOn.. who was, a na-
tive Of Boston, died Ia Manchester,
M. H.. on Saturday, at the advanced
age OF nearly ninety -four. She had
been filty-eight years a widow.
Rev. Samuel Taper, pastor Of the
Methodist Church in Greenfield, once
widely known as one of the most
eloquent pulpit orators in the Meth
| ing of consumption.
Edward Mcpherson, Clerk of the
House, Washington, ID. g., is actively
engaged upon the Life and Times of
Thaddeus Stevens,H for carly publiea-
ton.
| Colonel G.. Al. Forsyth, who distin-
gulshed himself In an Indian engage
mentin Kansas in September last, has
| been breveted Brigadier General for
gallant conduct on that occasion. -,
Rev. B. M. Tillotson, Of Manches-
| ter, New Hampshire, has married one
| thousand seven hundred and sixty
| people within twenty-five years. He
has buried one thousand four hundred
people and preached two thousand six
| hundred sermons. s''''
| The Percy and Campbell families,
famous in English aud Scottish his
tory, were united on the 22d ult., by
the marriage of Bari Percy with the
Il Duke of Argyll's daughter. 1e'o.
4 Miss Anthony says h financial
editor is a woman, and the San COM
mends the financial articles contribu-
ted by her to the ReUoI9tton. "
General Gleason, who was q Fenian
President 0d interim, and as poor as
pauper before he got into office, has
bought and stocked splendid farm
in Virginia. 18NIRH ns9u8aa
Evelyn Evans, recently an actor in
| Rochester theatre, has been trans
formed into a Methodist preacher,
and is now holding revivals in Pitts
, burg. 6a Afaass
Professor Syme, Of Edinburgh, has
advised the Siamese Twins not to be
cut apart. They will take the opinion
of Paris professor on the subject.
Z One of the strongest reasons We
: ever heard why married man should
E get his. life insured is, that the money
: would prove a great help to his wife'i
second husband, and might be tho
means ofstarting him in business.
Count Bismarck's residence II
Pomerania is described as simply {
y grand seignorial mansion, large anc
n comfortable, but without any archi
0 ,ectural style, the ideal of the dwell
e ing Of ono who is half countrymaI
aud half townsman. In front is ;
garden laid out with great regularity
and further on is a large park which
is well stocked with game.
:. The Governor of Missouri, in BIZ
Q late message to the Legislature, says
Il the State has coal in thirty-six coun
d ties, iron in thirty FIVE counties, leaC
4 in thirty six. copper in twenty two
d zinc in five, nickel and kaolin In two
t platina, emery, alabaster and tin In
], seven counties. fsa4.x efE.s.i,.
] Mayor Thomas, of Sc. Louis, VIII,
has some reputation for eccentricity
:, in a recent official communication
2 complains that his private residence
! which should have been assessed a
So, 600, was assessed at only $6,4SO.
d Major Charles o. Rogers, of tn,
IT Boston JourmaL fiRds the climate 0
le California unfavOrable to his disease
4 which is in the nature of bronchia
,r consumption, and will return at once
s. He will be home again about Febru
le airy LIST.
= Governor Pease of Texas sustain
70 General Reynolds's opinion of tn
: lawless condition of affairs in thu
y State, and says that it would be i'm
possible to hold a fair election Their
at present.
.e Major General Sickles has decline
an appointment as a member of th
30 Conservative Republican Genera
i. Committee at New York City, on tn
ms ground that he cannot, without preju
m dice to other duties, take part in locs
! politics.
Nv The Rev. Father McElroy. the old
est Roman Catholic in the Unite
!. States, who has been blind two year,
OF has just had his sight perfectly re
e. stored by the removal of cataract.
Among the valuable bridal present
ny received by Mr.. Speaker Colfax is
coupe and pair of horses, with harne.
and other equipments, donated b
OF Hon. Samuel Hooper, of Boston.
! John Cassin. Esq, one of our mo-
= gifted and accomplished naturalist
u, died in philadelphia on Sunday las
as in the full maturity of life and in tt
IL midst of his valuable and importal
scientific Investigations. Mr.. Ca
sin is well known as one of our be
'us living ornithologists, the author of
AN supplementary work on the birds
To the Pacific coast, and one of the thrt
ne authors of the Birds of America, j
lot sued under the auspices of Cover
rst ment, and published in the ninth 70
me ume of the Pacific Railroad report
us He does not leave behind him b
NJ superior as q systemist and seieAtif
II ornithologist in this country, or
I. 10 the world.