The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-10
PERSONAL.


). Mrs. Collins, the eldest daughter
of Dickens, lately sent water-col-
or picture to the exhibition in Lon
don, and it was at once accepted as
, q work evincing great talent.
maggie Afitchell"is forty years
: of age, and has been on the stage
ever since she could walk. She
married Mr.. Paddock in 1868, after
q fourteen cars courtship, and has
two children.
Il At the rate of $4,000 a year the
Rev. Horatio Stebbins fills the pull
pit formerly occupied by Thomas
. Starr King in San Francisco. He is
alluded to in theological circles as
the II. w. Beecher of California.
The Aston Library being q trifIe
short of funds to meet the expenses
of certain repairs, painting, etc.,
ETC., the desired cash-say about one
hundred thousand dollars-has been
contributed by Mr.. William B. As
tor, and all anxiety about meeting
the bills has vanished, like the
evanescent hues of the rainbow, or
words to that effect.
The Duke de Montpensier, the
youngest son of Louis Philippe, and
the wealthiest, contrived, in the re-
treat of the royal family, from the
Tulleries, in February, 1S4S, to car
ry of a sword, once the property of
Napoleon l., the jewels on which
were worth three hundred thous-
and pounds. The Duke sold the
sword to q ieweler in Madrid.
The emperor of China, following
the example of his cousin of Japan,
has sent four young China girls of
good quality to Paris to be educat-
ed. After they shall have received
the desiderated polish they are to
return to the f1owery kingdom and
impart the particulars to others of
their countrywomen, and enter up
on the exhilarating career of the
school-ma'am.
Levy, the man who plays ever so
much on the cornet, is soon to be
married to young lady moving in
| fashionable circles in Buffalo. The
| hymenial ceremonies are to take
place in Russia, whittier the emil
nent blower goes to fulfil q musical
| engagement at q figure per annum
about double that which is paid to
the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States.
1t is said of Thackeray that he
never began writing upon less than
a quire of letter-paper. Half of
this he would cover with comic
| drawings, fourth he would tear up
into minute pieces, and on two or
three strips of the remainder he
would do his work, walking about |
his room at intervals, with his hands |
in his pockets, and with perturbed |
and woe-begone expression of coun-
tenance.
In one respect Mr.. Motley, our
late minister to England, was I'M
like most of his predecessors. He
paid more for the rent of his resi-
dence in London formerly the resi- |
dence of the Earl of Clarendon !
than the entire amount of his salary |
as minister. At the same time the |
elegance and refinement of his en-
terfainments were the subject of
commentator by the most opulent |
and best cultured people in Lon
don.
The late Jedediah Huntington, of
Norwich, Connecticut, after having |
gwen $4,000 to the Eliza Hunting
ton Memorial Home, bequeathed |
$4,000 to various societies connec-
ted with the Episcopal Church in |
Conn ecticut, and $4,000 to the par
ish of Trinity Church, Norwich. He /
had previously given $500 to the |
same parish. lie was q very benevo-
lent man, ana greatly respected by
the people who knew him and knew |
of him.
Some good person has found out
how Miss Dodge became "Gail
Hamilton" When first she went |
to Washington and became COVER
ness in the family of DIR. Bailey, of
the New Era, she was shy, and did
not care to see people. (Has got
over that now.) Presently the Era
received sparkling articles from an
unknown writer signed "Gail Ham
iIton." They were published, and
fore the shy little Dodge the new
she acknowledged, and was encour-
aged, and has gone on and on, until |
now she has blossomcd into one of
the Federal greenhouse of letters
Conspicuous among the ladies
who have become journalists in this
country may be mentioned Miss
Margaret F. Buchanan, OF the Chi
cago Evening Post. For two years
she has been the principal assistant
of the editor, writing leaders on
every conceivable topic, political,
literary, religious, financial, etc.,
and doing any amount of small |
work in the way of dramatic and
musical criticism. During the
month succeeding the fire she wrote
more than column and a half a
day. Readiness is ne: strong point.
She is an Irish Catholic of tho
strictest sort, o radical in politics,
and q girl who, is said to have never
thought seriously of marrying.
She knows SO ruch about "leaders"
that she probably don't want one to |
dominate her. ..-..f
Few men of his years and time
have had so much of business and |
political success as Milton b. Lath. |
am, of California. In 1853 he emf
grated from Alabama to California,
and at twenty-five looking like q |
boy, came to Washington as mem
Der of Congress: He declined q /
reelection. In 1855 he was made
Collector of the port Of San Fran
cisco, in 1860 elected Governor, and
three days after his Inauguration
chosen q Senator in Congress for
six years. He was uniformly gen.
ial and pleasant with members of all
parties, had no angular points, and
made money with the ease of o for
tunes favorite. For several years
he has been president OF the prin-
cipal bank of San Francisco. is a
millionaire at forty, q fine scholar,
and has one of the most extensive
and choice libraries in California, If
not in the country.
A Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune expresses the
opinion, and, as Major De Boots
says, expresses it 'sboldly," that Mr..
, Speaker Blaine is one of the ablest
men, and most successful politicians
! in America. As Speaker he has the
rare good fortune to please the
Democrats of the House as well as
the Republicans. He never runs
about after the days work is done
to conciliate somebody. on whom he
has made point. On the contrary,
he fs combative, decided, real man
of the world, who takes some de-
light in animated, chivalroas adj
, dress and attack, and is proud to
! bear himself well in the fercest de-
bate. He distributes no garden
. seeds, never perambulstes the conn
! try In the interests Of the Iyceum,
: but is anchored to his place. and
: makes his ampitheatre the public
station. He is in the prime of life
4 -sa1.