Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-06-01
Personal AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Stewart will not allow the pub
llcation OF biography of her late hus-
band. She thinks he will be remembered
without it.
MIR. Parton has abandoned Massachu-
sets and gone to New York to reside,
where man is permitted legally to marry
his step-daughter.
The Emperor of Brazil gives thirty
minutes to his dinner, and insists that
everything shall be placed on the table at
once, instead of being served in courses.
No nonsense about him.
Mrs. Sherman Fitch will at last be-
come possessed of the jewels presented
her by the khedive, the measure allowing
them to pass free of duty having been
adopted by both Houses.
Piper and Pomeroy are birds of the
same feather, chickens of one breed if not
OF the same brood. They would hang to-
gether good deal better than the stories
they have told.-N. \. Graphic
The Boston Comic Opera Company,
who have been playing 9 series of sue
cessfui engagements throughout the East
ern States, are now on an extended tour
through the West. They are highly spoken
of at the East.
Prof. Tyndall has married into an
aristoeratic family, and it is said that his
friends are urging him to accept the title
OF Baronet. Thus, by process of natu-
raj selection, the Professor developes into
Baronet. Evolution has persistent
tendency 10 work both ways, SO that we
need not despair of seeing a Baronet de
velop into Professor.
Ole Bull has just returned from a
most successful tour in Egypt, where, &C
cording TO q promise made to the King OF
Sweden and Norway, heplayed on the top
OF the pyramid Cheops on his last birth
day. Feb. 8. Having accomplished this,
he telegraphed to the King, who answered
Immediately: 81 thank you for your
telegram, and rejoice in all your success"
Several times there have been pub
lished stories to the effect that some little
boy, animated by a noble ambition TO dis
tinguish himself, had undertaken to col
lect ,000, 900 defaced postage-stamps, but
usually these stories are discredited, and
cynical people intimate that the statements
are printed To cover design on the part OF
dishonest persons TO collect large quaint.
ties of old stamps, and then by removing
the canceling marks, dispose OF them as
new stamps 10 the innocent and unsus-
pecting. Here is story, however, which
is strictly true. Some time ago young
girl, pupil in an uptown Sunday school,
over which one Of our dry-goods princes
presides as Superintendent, received a
promise from wealthy gentleman, q
patron of the school, that if she succeeded
by July in collecting 1000, 900 postage.
stamps he would settle an annuity upon
her sufficient TO gupuOrt her for life ST q
communicates this extraordinary promise
10 the aforesaid Superintendent, VINO told
her TO get il in writing. She obtained the
written promise, and now the Superin.
tendent is assisting her to procure the
requisite number 10 obtain the annuity.
He has already interested such firms as
II. b. Clatlin & Co, Peake, Opdyke &
Co., kean d Frayns, the Home Insurance
Company, and others who receive a large
number of letters, and already she has on
hand nearly 400, 900 old stamps. She has
received over 90, 900 from Clafiin alone. -
". Y. Cor. Chicago Tribune.