The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-02-19

The widow q SIR John Franklin Is pass
Ing the winter at Madeira.
-Niss Clara Louisa Kellogg is concerning
In Chicago with great success.
-Petersburg has a high-lifo scandal The
vito Of Prince putiatin has clipped with n
Major Of the Guards.
Col. Henry D. Pierce, a brother Of OK
President Pierce, is doing good work as a
temperance lecturer in Now Hampshire.
Sirius Smith, Of Bolton, N. V, aged 90,
launched out on the sea Of matfimony for
the first time, a few days since.
John G. breckenridge arrived in BaIli-
more on Saturday. He "A q guest Of his
brothcr-in-law, Rev. Dr.. Bullock.
Mile dc Ocntelio has been writing down
tho fashions in tho French periodicals and
has received the appreciation Of the Pope for
the act.
A brilliant wedding occurred in Lake
View, near Chicago, en- Wednesday evening,
the Sd inst. The parues were Mr.. Julius
Horner and Mias Muffftto.
We are to be honorcd i'm April by distin-
gishod complnv. Blron Erlangor with Ia IL
wife nee Sidell, and bis sistcr.iulaw Mi .
Sildel are 10 visit New YorE and Washington.
The New York sun reports that the Tri-
bune association has lnsured tho hfo OF MIR.
Greeley for s100, 900, and that the premi-
ums, amounting to $1,000, arc paid in adver-
tising
Deacon John II Stove, of pittsaeld.
Mass, died suddenly in his chair, tho other
day. He had annually read the Biblo in
course for the last sixty years, and when he
died had tho Holy Book before him.
The Prince Imperial ia learning TO play
the fiddle. His tutor urged tho Emperor to
have piano les ons given to him, but Napol-
con decided In favor OF the violin. The En-
per0r himselfis quite an excellent fiddler
Nj. Kat.a Ia,N.a.. .m.. - a.
cycular vclocipedo at tho Davenport Howal
Theatre. During the performance Kato
wears a bycyculnr garment. ''She makes
the machine zip" Is the comment Of tho 10.
cal papero.
Sir Horny Ellis, who was connected with
the British Museum M long ago az the year
loOO, aud rose through successive grades un-
I'll he became Principal Librarian in 1927, died
ON the 10th nltlmo. He retired from service
ON n pension IN 1856. He was In his ninety
second year at the timo Of his death.
The servants of. fayorito ACTRESSES and
cantatrices in Paris do quito a lucrative
business in selling tho boqusts which their
mistrtsaes receive at the hands OF en-.
thusiastic admirers to the flower girls, who
sell them again IN the streets and at the pub
lie ball rooms.
--Mrs. Caroline Elliot Kasaon, the lady who
obtained tho divorce three years ago, from
Assistant POatmaster-General Kasson, OF
Iowa, was married a few days ago TO Rufus
j. Lakeland, a rich grocery merchant OF st.
Louis. The lady ia a sister of tho Rev. DIR.
Elliot, by whom the marriage ceremony was
performge
"A young Countess, niece OF M. do Les
sepa, OF Suea Canal fame, lately died from a
tiy-bito on her nose. She was out riding
when attacked, inflammation act in immedi.
ately her nose was amputated as quickly as
possible after her return home, but it was
and the Countess dice within twelve hours
from the time she was bitten.
"A Boston paper announcesItho death of
'tho venerable Berry Woman OF Newbury,
Mrs. Betsy Rogers" at the age Of ninety-six
years. She walked five miles last summer,
into Newburyport, with a peck OF berries on
each arm. 1t ia estimated thnt she brought
to market during her lifetime three thous-
and bushels OF berries. She leaves a snug
little sum and five generations OF descend
ants, including nearly fifty persons.
Lite stated that Benjamin Payne, OF Al
bany, a heavy dealer in tobacco, aud an in
spectOr Of the United States Revenue, has
been arrested, charged with extensive frauds
upon the national Income, through tamper-
ing with internal revenue derived from tho
tobacco tax. II Is understood that his din
culties sum up financially TO an aggregate of
t25U,OOO. He has been required 10 lind bail
IN $4,000. The authOrties nave long sus-
pected Payne's Irregularities, aud the owl
dence against him In. of such u decided char
aeter that no cannot possibly escape con-
y%iction.
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