Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13
Personal.

THE Kev. Dr. Pusey, the celebrated
English clergyman, is 70 years old.
-. PAUL: MoRPHY is alluded to-. in q
rural paper, as the inventor Of Nor
phine." 80. .
PRINCE ARTHUR of England, goes to
Rome, to participate in the sports of
the Carnival.
Gov. JEWELL, of Connecticut, sings
in thscchesr of B Congregatiou
Church, in Hartford.
|: Dr.. HOOKER, of London, has been
elected q member of the Academy of
Belgium. -; -o'- :s:,=E
MRs. TYLER, widow of President Ty-
ler, has established her residence in
Georgetown, Md.
FIVE French cannon dimly decorate
the lawn in front of fBismarck's country
residence. ~<~-.:z-i: JsE:;s:.4 -sgtE =.
The widow and the daughter of
Lieut. Derby-"Jo Phoenix ARE
now residing in Washington. s9 -
TRKNrANovA, a Roman sculptor, resi-
dent in London, has made ! marble
bust of the tenor, Capoul. a5s:s
PBoF. MUkRAY, of Rutgers College,
has been commissioned Minister Of
Public instruction for Japan.
SIMON TURNER, colored, of Toledo,
lately purchased the Lutheran Church
in Perrysburg, Ohio, and gave:it to his
negro brethren.
MENTION is made of lady, now in
Washington, whose hair is 81 inches
long. Her name is Miss Mary Ralston,
and she is native of Iowa.
BOXER, the poet-U.- s. Minister to
Constantinople-has been made an
honorary member of the Greek Sylla-
gos, q literary society of TConstanti-
nople.
LAUNT THOMPSON will make two
statues of the Rev. Abram Pierson,
first President of Yale-one for Yale
grounds, the other for Morgan School,
in Clinton. :
TIE Hon. G. J. W. Agar Ellis is
dead, age 40. He was the youngest
son of the late Lord Dover, and was
British Secretary of Legation at
Athens in 1869.
We read that "Cora PEARLS effects
are to be sold at auction, in Paris
The effects of such pestilent nuisance
are not to be got rid of by an auction
sale.
An article by Mr.. Watterson, of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, on the life
and works of Bulwer Lytton, has at.
tracted great deal of admiration and
sympathy.
The British National Life-Boat As
sociation has passed a vote Of thanks
to MI. w. G. Bennett, for his ballad,
CHOW We Saved Them" which has
been set to music by Mr.. j. L: Hatton.
MR. A. D. BUTLER superintendent of
the gardens in Regents Park, has been
honored with the silver medal of the
Geological Society of England, in re-
cognition of valuable services.
DEAD: B. D. Emerson, of Massa-
chusetts, compiler of school-books,
who leaves 500, 900 to Dartmouth Col
lege and S15O, 900 to his heirs; and
Indian Tom, the last Of the Greek
Tribe, in Georgia. -zss:-;s.s<s
TWENTY THOUSAND engravings, after
Turner, will be sold. in London, in
March. These, it is said. have been
lying unheeded for 20 yea1s, ina house
IN Queen Ann street, which the great
artist used as a studio. 80 =
" GOVERNOR SEwARD's new book,
S Travels Around the World, y is meet
ingswith almost unparalleled success
80, 600 copies will no meet the present
demand, Orders are pouring in from
all parts Of the. world.
PHILIP Hill, negro, Just deceased,
near Peterboro, n. c., had attained,
it is said, the great age of 1O8 years.
His death, says the Raleigh News, was
caused by overwork in trying to extin-
guish fire in his house
In the English turf season, just
closed, NJ. Lefevre won e11a,170;> Mr..
Saville, $50, ,645; Lord Falmouth, $49,-
$40; Mr.. Morsly, $39, 400; and Baron
Rothschild. S23, 405. This by skillful
betting on fast horses. ,..~a "a
We read of the death of Mr.. John
Holland, the friend and biogrApher of
the poet, James Montgomery. He ex-
pired at Sheffield, and was buried at
the village of Hansworth. Nh. Holland
was q voluminoas writer. 80
OEcE 4 WEEK accompanies q comic
portrait Of Mark Twain with this COM
pliment: "Mark Twain is altogether
the best living exponent Of American
humor, and he may be sure of receiving
q hearty welcome whenever he revisits
the old country" .}as@ =. zze...ss,l.
PEOPLE live to great age-in the
newspapers. Here, now, is Mrs. Cas-
slider Yeates, age 100 years, 8 months,
who was present at Washington's in
auguration as President of the United
States. She has just died at Cinein-
natl. ...-r =.
SINER and Kaas were convicted of
maintaining gambling house in Phil
adelphia, and sentenced to pay q fine
of $500 each, and to serve two years
and six months imprisonment in the
Eastern Penitentiary. Marks and
O'Brien received the same sentence for
a similar ofense.
Mrs. LUcRET1A GREGG, of Sandusky,
Ohio, has in her possession Bible
which is 253 years old, it having been
printed Tin Hoiland) in 1920. It is
about two feet in length, one in width,
and ten inches in thickness. The COW
ers are Of solid leather one. half inch
thick, and united by large brass clasps.
It contains the family record for 200
years. The book IS still in q good
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