The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-08-05
PERSONALBTIC.
The x.Emperor Ferdinand left for
tune of $60000000.

The EX-Emperor Ferdinand left for
tune of $60,0OO,OOO.
Somebody wants to change the name
of Beecher's weeper from Tom Shearman
to Sham Tearman.
Mrs. George Francis Trains villa at
Newport, which has formerly rented for
$4 500, rents this season for 81 500, and
rents throughout the city have decreased
correspondingly.
The fatal moving machine has har-
vested most of the victims for the sea-
son. but the hard pressed news editor
notes with hungry glee that the deadly
thresher still sticks to business.
Gradually Dio Lewis is narrowing the
circle Of permissible drinks. He denies
soda water to the thirsty. The time may
yet come when Dio will frown upon the
matutinal cocktail.
Herbert Spencer says women are more
conservative than men; but Herbert is a
bachelor, and does not know what it S
to have a porcelain sugar-bowl miss his
head and give the glazier heavy con-
tract.
Horses attached to the carriage of Ex-
Queen Isabella ran away on hearing the
roar of lion. The carriage was upset,
and Isabella, the Princess De Beaufre-
mont, and the Duchess De Valance were
thrown out. The last named lady was
severely injured.
Chicago Trib,me A mournful cadence
marked the voice of one Of our most
prominent business men a few days since,
when, referring to the many wasted OPP
portunities Of his early life, he remarked !;
IF | had not, many time and oft, been
an ass, | should now be an Astor"
The Detroit Ners aysthat Frank Blair
had promising future before him when
young man, but deplores that his life
was Failure" And yet there are proba-
bly, writers on Detroit newspapers who
will never be United States Senators nor
Major Generals in the army, nor rescue
State from secession Milwaukee wis
News.
General Garibaldi paid visit to Civita
Vecchia recently, and received most
enthusiastic greeting She crowd unhar-
messed his horses from his carriage, and
drew him to his hotel. He was deeply
moved, saying: 81 thank you all in the
name of Rome and Italy, as | know your
demonstration is in honor not only ofmf,
but of liberty"
Senator Schurz writes to friends in
Washington that he will return to this
country in October. He has spent most
of his time abroad in Berlin, at the For
eign Office, studying the correspondence
between Prussia and our Government a
century ago, intending to use the data
obtained in the political history of our
country, which he designs writing,
Another Northern patriot has been
"ostracized" in Virginia Mr.. Edgar
Allen, Commonwealth Attorney, and
known all over Virginia as Yankee
Allen" has been indicted by the Grand
Jury of Prince Edward County for COM
plcity in numerous frauds committed at
the county election in May last He is
the leader of the party in his district, and
has served as State Senator.
A London letter says: "Col. Valen-
tine Bakers trial for assaulting a young
lady in railway carriage takes place on
the 28th. The Horse Guards have very
properly suspended him from his com
mand pending the decis on of the case
learn that an attempt to arrange the
matter was made through Sir William
Gull, but the lady's relatives declined to
listen to any propositions"
Forney has called upon the Empress
Eugene, and is evidently smitten, for
he says 1T is impossible to convey an
idea of the winning grace and candor of
this lovely woman. | should rather say
cordiaity thai. candor; nor would the
word dignity fairly typify the peculiar
charm alike of her manner and her con-
versation. She talks huently, articulates
her words clearly, and surprised me by
her stores of information, showing that
She was close reader and thinker
Simeon Bouffard, the famous rag.
pickers' banker of Paris, is dead. He
ves ever eighty, and for more than forty
years had pursued his calling of lending
money to rag g-pickers at fifteen per cent
interest, taking whatever rags they might
possess AZ security. IE this way he had
.amassed a fortune ofiseveral thousand
.poIpds.s His only companions were a
Dat and monkey, and when found dead
the cat was playing with his head and
the monkey amd7OHH his cap and special
dless, Hayingno relatives, sSiheons for
,dhne goes to the Stateit t'tnf4 ~ T'''a