Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-09-30
PERSONAL.

The Rev. William HI. Milburn has re-
| turned from Europe, where he went to
have an operation performed on his eyes.
The operation was only partially success
full, his sight not being improved. He
is in good health, and will lecture this
winter, on "What Blind Man Saw in
Paris" and "What Blind Mans Ex-
perience was in Searching for Light"
At the New England Fair Grounds at
Portland, the other day, an old man
forced his way through the crowd to-
ward General Nc lellan, and with tears
in his eyes grasped his hand exclaiming,
General, / am glad, / am delighted to
SEE you, | have long desired to see you.
l always believed you managed the army
as well as you knew how Land Gener-
al Mcclellan retired.
The Duke of Genoa, now talked of for
the Spanish throne, is youth of fifteen,
seemingly with no blood in his veins,
with dark, sentimental eyes, slrall hands
and feet, and always dressed in the
hight of fashion.
Louisa Muhlbach is to get SO, 900 for a
four months trip in this country. She
will bring her two daughters, Theodore
and Fredrica, with her. The former is
quite = distinguished actress, and has
studied the English language with a
view TO appearing upon the American
stage.
The following version of an ancient
tty is circulating as means of fixing
Vanderbilt in the Juvenile mind:
"rhis is the man the bears have torn,
That married the maiden all torlorn,
That took the Wall street bull by the horn,
That tossed Jim Fisk, that worried Dan. Drew,
That ioosed the rat that stole the stock
That lay in the house that Wander bilt."
Lippincott's Magazine tells story to
the effect that Admiral Porter, while
riding in street Car in Washington late
ly, was annoyed by several noisy drunk
Ell sailors. At last he told them who he
was, and demanded what ship they be
lenged to. admiral, you have changed
the names of the ships so often that |
don't really know what ship we do be-
long to" was the reply of one of them.
DIR. C. F. Hall, the famous Arctic ex-
plorer, returned TO New Bedford Sun
day. He brings highly interesting news
of Sir John Franklin, aud news also
| from other Northern expeditions.
John Russell Young is last heard of
in Boston. He is an agent of some sort,
and very important one.
1t is said that Andy johnson is at his
old trade again-sowing tares.
In the Boston great organ is stop call
ed "vox humana." A countryman,
having heard the organ and the frequent
mention of this stop, wss asked on his
return from the Peace Jubilee how he
liked the big organ. He answered, very
well, but what struck him most was q
certain stop, he believed they called it
"Nux vomica."
Asa Packer is said to be the champi-
on euchre player of Mapch Chunk,
Pennsylvania.
A life of General Philip Kearney is
being written by General J. w. De Pegs
ter.
Mr.. George Peabody has made an addi-
tioh of $1,000, 600 to the Peabody Institute,
OF Baltimore, Md.
w. w. Milson. Probate Judge Of War
rem county, has resigned, and Gov.
Hayes has appointed Thomas r. Thatch-
er as his successor.
Anna Dickinson is sharply attacked
by the San Francisco papers, because of
her abuse of the pioneer woman of Cali
fornia. Anna, they think, had better
call in her tongue and stay at home.