Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-15
WRITER'S AND WRITINGS.
BEIyG PERSONAL. AND CRITICAL


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Writers AND WRITINGS.
BEING PERSONAL. AND cRITzcAL.
One of the Partisan Journals Is repre-
sented at the BazaiHe trial byga negro
reporter. ~ F.
Mast, the carica turist, is in Vermont
lecturing. He is said to draw much
better houses than he does sketches.
A New England paper seems to think
| it strange that articles OF common con-
sumption should tsfall into decline"
| Christian Reid, the writer, is tsreally" :"
Miss Fisher and her. father fell, at the
head of his regiment, at the first Nam
asses. e.f.tl
Samuel w. CIeinens-''Mark Twain"
has returned from his European voyage.
| On dit that his forthcoming book will ex-
Gel even his "Innocents Abroad
The Worlds humorist says, ''Fadover
tells us Mrs. Fadover says she thinks
Mr.. Coidfacts is rightly named, for they
wouldn't be believed only in Green
land"
The Chicago Stats Zeitung of Mon
day last contained an appeal to the elec-
| tors printed i'm ten languages-German
Irish, Norwegian. Dutch, Swedish, Bo
hemian, French, Polish, Italian and En-
glish. aS,t ...'.f., -. t..f.
The panic seems to be making trouble
all around. Now here comes the Waver-
| ly, New York, Enterprise and says: "A
Chemung widow recently married a
Chemung scioolniaster, making it a con-
dition of the contract that he should not
not sleep with her. 1t is not stated
whether she requires help to keephim
| awake" y
| a manifestly hen-pecked contempor-
ary is reused to sense of repartse in
this wise: "Whenever we hear a man
making disparaging insinuation in re-
gard to his mother-in-law. we always
feel like saying to him: Sir, you never
would have been anywhere if your
father had never had mother-in-law.' -
| But suppose that the mans father had
happened to marry an orphan? 80
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connection with this popular magazine.
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| together with this paper and the chrome
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| c. A. Vaughn, formerly of the Gene
va Times and at present business agent
of the Cleveland Herald, has purchased
1 the Mahoning Register, published in
youngstown, with the intention to as
sumo the managementof that sheet. Mr..
Vaughn is talented and enterprising
editor, and will doubtless succeed in
conducting paper which will meet the
desires of The citizens of Youngstown.
HThe.. Young Folks Rural,' for Nov
ember is, we believe, the best number OF
this journal yet published Itwould be
"a timely and valuable addition to the
regular reading matter of every family
that does not already receive il, and We
would advise an examination of it be
fore making up your list of papers foi
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with two American landscape chrome:
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F. Lewis, Publisher, Chicago. .@ss
Laura Keene. the actress, died in lev
Jersey ON Tuesday last. She had beer
for some time in falling health, and hat
gone into the country under the advice
of her physician. She was born in Eng
. land in 1880, aud first PLAYED in Madame
Vestris' theatre, in London, making he
debut in October. 1851, as Pauline, il
"The Lady of Lyons.'' In 1852 sh,
came to the United States and opened a
Wallack's, September 20. In November
1866, she opened the. Varieties, andeof
the 18th of that month, a new theatre
the Olympic, of which she continued t,
be the lessee and manageress until 1863
October 1S, 1858, she produced Sou
r American Cousin which had an i'm
brought out by her November 26, 1860
ran one hundred and sixty-nine nights
s In 1868 she visited England, and sine
: then she has travelled with q compan,
under her own management. Her las
appearance in this city was during tn
summer season at the Globe, two Or tlire
i years ago. when she played in sou
Y American Cousin," supported by Georg
/ Parkes as Dundreary, and George Boni
face as Asa Trenchard. She was mar
: ried several years ago to a gentlema
t named Taylor. Her character was il
) reproachable, and her death will be re
f gretted.
h The telegraph announces the death c
Y Louis Gaylord Clark, at his residence i
e Piermont. on the Hudson, the cause {
l. death being paralytic attack. So ha
e gone the last of the twins who once hel
it a distinguished place in American LEI
). tees and who occupied q warm place /
the heart of every one fortunate enoug
% to be personally acquainted with then
The twins, Louis Gaylord and VIII
Gaylord Clark. were born at Otisco, Or
!. ondaga County, New York, in 1871
Willis Gaylord Clark went in 1880
y Philadelphia, to conduct a shortlive
n literary paper; then became cOnnecte
r with the Columbian Star, and eyentua
70 ly was proprietor of the Philadelphia
- Gazette, which position he held at til
's time of his death in lS4l. His twii
is brother had in the meantime becon
y editor of the Knickerbocker NagGsin
+ taking it in 1884, the magazine havin
" been started by o. T. Hoffman in 1888
l. who was followed for short time b
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