The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-11-04
wv Personalities 10

POSTMASTER General Jewell was fifty
years old on the Goth inst,
Sidney Roach, Of Ledyard, Conn, was
killed last week by an ugly bull.
Edgar Poe's monument at Baltimore
was dedicated on the 2Sth inst. p > hN B
Joseph Foster, who recently died at
Keene, N. H., Made the first reed organ
eyer used in the United States.
Senator Anthony, owns two-thirds Of
the Providence Journal, which cleared
$40, 600 last year tytY0g
Mrs. Sartoris has been the recipient Of
a barrel ofchoice apples from the Mayor
of Omaha, Nebraska
CARDINAL McClosky, upon his arrival
in England, will be presented with ad-
dresses by the Catholics Of that country
and Ireland. ,.L
Moody and Sankey began with wild
eclat. Beecher was absent, preaching to
Lord Houghton and Lady Byron vindi-
Gated. '"
Joe Jefferson's gift of $500 to a monu-
ment to Irving is worthy act of graft
tude to man whose legend has enrich
ed the stage.
Phillip Phillips used to sing in negro
minstrel troupe at twenty-five dollars
week. He now sings for Jesus at fifty
dollars night.
The Rev. M. Hugh, Methodist preach
er of Vermont, occasionally delivers his
sermons in poetry, and some of his flock
are a verse toit.
Bismarck is ofthe opinion that German
sailors are the best in the world, and
that their lives should not be imperiled
by unseaworthy captains and vessels.
nd The search for Charlie Ross isnow to
be extended to England, the father Of
the missing boy having received letter
giving valuable clue to the solution of
the mystery, gE- .E rr.ar
All the established English churches
use new form of PRAYER especially
framed orthe welfare of the Prince of
Wales on his India trip. 9H'q..s
Jesse Pomeroy's mother visited him in
Jail last week for the first time since the
publication of the famous autobiography,
the authorities having forbidden her to
see him. "''' '.
Mrs, Lincoln, who is now stopping in
Springfield, Illinois, takes short walks
upon the streets, and seems to be some
what improving from her late depression
of spirits. 'N .N'
One of the bellies and beauties os Lou
isville, Kentucky, Miss Alice Brauum, is
to be married November I'd, and it is
said will wear on the occasion ninety
thousand dollars worth of diamonds.
DR.. Isaac I. Hayes, is very sure that
the North Pole and open sea which sur
rounds it, in his belief can be reached,
and evidently would like to have anoth-
er chance of trying his skill.
A young lady attending the Wisconsin
University met gentleman of the fresh
man class in the oratorical arena recent
ly and vanquished him utterly. She was
awarded the palm ofsuperiority on every
feature of her oration. UY
A stripping son of Hon. Dan Voorhees,
("the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash J" is
playing Hamlet" in Terre Haute. Mitch
ells Hamlet" was sickly, they said, but
oh lud this one is sycamore"
Miss Mamie Ficklen, of Fredericks-
burg, Va, has married Mr.. Daniel NJ.
Lee, nephew of the late General Rob-
ert E. Lee. Miss Ficklen was one of the
bellies of the White Sulphur Springs last
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Rear-Admirial Goldsborough is pictur-
ed as the perfect picture Of jolly tar,
seeming to belong to the Shakespearean
age suggestive of fat capons. The Admi-
raj is, however, dangerously ill at the
present time. .J H'.
Prof. Tice, the st. Louis weatherologist |
very narrowly escaped death at Wash
ington the other evening. He was taken
with Inflammation of the lungs from ex-
posure in saving life up, the North riv-
er, and took too large dose of an opiate
to relieve pain. The physic, ans at one
time dispaired of saving him.
The stupid hoax, going the rounds of
the press, attributing to Carlyle the
boorish refusal of the degree of L. L. D.
conferred upon him by Harvard College,
has been exploded by President Elliot.
Mr.. Carlyle did not utter the stuff attrib-
lted to him, but, on the contrary, wrote
a letter to President Elliot expressing
thanks for the honor, and intimating
that he would accept it formally when
received.
"Gideon Wells" says the Hartford car
ofthe Boston Globe, "is hale
and hearty, and appears to bear lightly
his seventy odd years. He lives in de-
ightful part of the city, and is surrounded
by all the comforts and luxuries of life.
Politically, it is said, know not how
.ruly, that he votes the Democratic tick
st, and that his opinion of the present
is not unqualified admi-
ration"
Jacob Benjamin, aged fifty-fve, rich
oawnbroker of Baltimore, died recently
rom erysipelas, which was produced by
he use of hair dye on his Whiskers and
t irritated his throal, he then shaved his
off, when erysipelas set in.
Frank Mayo has given $50 toward a
monument for American Girl. The near
,st George Washington ever came to be-
ng race holse was when he was little
ulky. Frank has not given a cent toward
my stone-heap for him.
Lands, who shot Carruth, is the son of
IN old Pennsylvania Dutch couple from
he Landis Valley. He married the upish
Miss Mead, who liked money, but soon
rev weary of Vineland life, and now
4andis is divorced and indicted for MUIR
ler. Moral: Marry abreast of you.
Mrs. Blackford the heroine ofthe Rus
ian diamond robbery, has reached the
cme ofnotoriety. Her adventures have
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