The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06
PERSONAL.

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| PERSONAL.
j Olive Logan is said to be the best SWIM
mer Of Long Branch.
-The physicians who attended Judge Black
when he broke his arm in recent railway ac-
cident, have sent in bill for $4,000.
|, Miss Madaline Henriques, some time ago
married to, and since separated from LOUIS
Jennings, q London writer. is on her way back
to this count"y. and will reappear at Wal
lacks.
Ballard, the insurance detau;ter, was q
delegate to the Y. M. c. A. Convention at
Portland. AMI the day when his deeds were
| found out was addressing the children of five
Sunday Schools.
! Napoleon the Great always slept in sheets
Of fine Holland; the restored Bourbon Kings in
sheets of linen csmbric and Napoleon ia
sleeps in plain sheets OF ordinary linen. and
the Empress in similar ones, with a largo
crown, and the cyphers N. Il. emb1 oidered On
! the 'st1rndown."
! The largest professional offer yet made il
the history of theatricals is that rendered to
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Will ans. Fifty thou
sand dollars, gold, is the sum proposed to
them for single season in Australia They
| were recently offered and declined twenty
thousanda13pllars in gold to play a few weeks
in California. Mr.. Williams is one Of the
wealthiest men on the stage. having some Eve
hundred thousand dollars invested in good in
terest-paying property
| Joseph White went to South Nashville q
few evenings since to visit his asianced, Miss
Barnes. He found her sewing and looking 80
pretty he tried to kiss her. She repulsed him
| gently, but in some unacconntable manner her
! needle penetrated his heart; he turned aehy
pale, fell to the floor and died. Miss Barnes
was 80 overcome she took laudanum, but had
| not expired at last accounts. The moral of
| this certainly seems to be, that afianced young
ladies should not resent being kissed, n
A melancholy little incident is related of
| the ex-Empress Charlotte. This unfortunate
Princess has been staying for some time at
| Spa. The other day she insisted with such ye-
| hemence on playing at roulette that it was
| impossible to restrain her. O1 approaching
| the table she deliberately placed gold piece
on the number 10. The Emperor Maximilian
was shot on June 10. The wheel turned, and
| though thirty-seven chances were against her.
+ sha. won She4 sr1iiou saoly, look up the
money, and quietly left the room. On her
way out poor man passed by. She gave him
al, the money. with the injunction that he was
to ''pray for him." itis known that the EN-
press Charlotte never pronounces the name of
| Maximilian.
An alarming accident happened to the emil
nent French artist and singer, Mlle. Schnei-
der, at the st. James Theatre. At the fall Of
the curtain in the last scene Of Orphee aux
Enters, her dress was ignited by the flame
used in making the effect Of lightning, and in
1
citement prevailed, and two or three gentle
men jumped from the private boxes on the
stage and from the stalls, bat, by the rapid
action OF the actors who surrounded her, the
flames were extinguished. This was not done.
however. until almost the whole Of her dress
! had been destroyed. Fortunately, Nile. schnei-
der has escaped without the smallest injury.
After the curtain fell it was again raised, and
she came forward, the audience testifying, by
the warmth Of their acclamation, their pleas
ure at her escape.
| General Grants nepotism has it's followers.
Governor Holden, OF North Carolina, has care
fully looked after the yell-being of all the Hol-
dens and Holden connections in existence. His
brotber-in-law he made Mayor. calling in the
military to oust the incumbent, who was anx-
ious to keep the place. His brothers and
cousins he has made magistrates. His son
Joe has become railway director under the
gubernatorial auspices, and to keep Joe
straight, as he is wild boy, a brother was
also made director. Another railroad re.
quiring charter. was obliged only upon con-
sideration Of another Holden In the dire ctot.
ship and Holdens as ticket-agents, conductors,
and even brakesmen, nothing being too hum
ble for Holden. The attorney-generalship, @
fine plum in the way of salary, perquisites,
pickines andiDfnence, was reserved for loved
son-in-law, and that settled the most clannor-
GUS and needy OF the family.
"A suicide has Just been commit ed under Z
extraordinary circumstances at st. Petersburg.
Colonel Hunnins. an Esthonian by birth. was
lately engaged in discussing with the Czare-
wich financial operation concerning the ar {
mament Of the troops, and the Grand Duke.
considering the terms proponed too high, ex-
claimed: with Germans one is always snre
to be cheatsd." On the colonel civilly request
ing his Wighness to withdraw 80 offensive an
expression, thu latter forgot himself 30 far az
to strike the officer in the face. The colonel
immediately applied to the Emperor, who or.
dered his SON to apologize, but this he posi-
lively refused to do. Despairing of obtaining
any satisfaction, and snarting under an insult
he was unable TO resent, the unfortunate off,
Ger committed suicide by blowing out his
brains. The Emperor is said to have been
most painfully affected by the sad event, aud
insisted on the Grand Duke attending the
funeral. 80
EMraRATIoN TO SpAm.---The London eorrea-