Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-02-24
Personal Items.

- Inc WluOW OF Slr JOhn rankin l6 pass
ing the winter at Madeira.
Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg ia concerting
in Chicago with great success.
Petersburg has high-life scandal. The
wife of Prince PutiNtin has eloped with q
Maj of the Guards.
Col. Henry D. Pierce, brother of ex.
President Pierce, is doing good work as O
temperance lecturerin New Hampshire.
Sirius Smith, of Bolton, N Y, aged 92
launched out on the sea OF matrimony fol
the first time, few days since.
John G. Breckinridge arrived in Balti-
more on Saturday. He ia guest of his
broth er-in-lag, Rev. DR.. Bullock.
Mile. de Gentelio has been writing down
the fashions in the French periodicals. and
has received the appreciation of the Popo for
the act.
"A brilliant wedding occurred in Lake
View, near Chicago, cn Wednesday evening,
the Sd inst. The parties were Mr.. Julius
Horner and Miss Mufiiitte.
We are tobe honored in April 10y distir-
gshed company, Baron Erlanger with h ia
wife nee Slidell, and his sister-inlaw Miss
Sildel are TO visit New York and Washing ton.
The New York Sun reports that the Tri-
bune association has insured the life OF Mr..
Greeley for 100000, and that the premi-
ums, amounting to $1,000, are paid in adver-
tising,
Deacon John II Stowe, of PIttsfield,
Mass, died suddenly In his chair, the other
day. He had annually read the Bible in
course for the last sixty years, and when he
died mad tho Holy Book before him.
The Prince Imperial is learning to play
the fiddle. His tutor urged the Emperor to
have piano les ons given to him, but Napol-
con decided in favor OF the violin. The EN-
peror himselfis quite all excellent fiddler
Miss Katie Putnam disports on the by.
cycular velocipede at the Davenport Uowa)
Theatre. During the perforIndnce Kate
wears bycycular garment "She makes
the machine zip" is the comment Of the To-
cal papers. .'
Sir Henry Ellis, who was connected with
the British Museum AZ long ago as the year
1900, and rose through successive grades un-
til he became Principal Librarian in 1897, died
on the 10th ultimo. He retired from service
on pension in 1855, He was in his ninety,
second year at tho time of his death.
The servants of favorite actresses and
caHtatrices in Paris do quite lucrative
business in selling the boquets which theiI
mistrGsses receive at the hands Of en-.
thusastic admirers to the flower girls, who
sell them again IN the streets and at the pub.
lie ball rooms.
Mrs. Caroline Elliot Kasson, the lady who
obtained the divorce three years ago, from
Assistant Postmaster-G General Kasson, oI
Iowa, was married few days ago to Rufus
]. Lakeland, rich grocery merchant Of st.
Louis, The lady is a sister Of the Rev. DR.
Elliot by whom the marriage ceremony was
performeS.
"A young Countess, niece OF NJ. de Los.
seps OF Suez Canal fame lately died from q
hy-bite on her nose. She was out riding
when attacked, Inflammation set in immedi
ately her nose was amputated as quickly az
possible after hor return home, but it was
Intellectual to stop the spread Of the poison
and the Countess died within twelve hours
from the time she was bitten.
"A Boston paper announcesSthe death Of
"tho venerable Berry Woman OF Newbury,
Mrs. Betsy Rogers, at the age of ninety-sis
years. She walked five miles last summer
into Newburyport. with peck OF berries or
each arm. II Is estimated that she brought
to market during her lifetime three thous
and bushels OF berries. Sho leaves SNUG
little sum and five generations of descend
ants, including nearly fifty persons.
1t ia stated that Benjamin Payne, Of Al
bany, heavy dealer in tobacco, and 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 the
tobacco tax. II is understood that his diff
culties sum up financially to an aggregate o.
s25O,00O He has been required TO find bal
in 0,O00. The authorities have long SUE
pected Payne's irregularities, and the evi
dence against him is of such q decided char
acter that ho cannot possibly escape con
viction.