The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-03-28
Personal.

NATHAN bOEE, OI CldIhSDuIN, w
Va, aged,S5. has been carried of and
married by Miss Horner, who is hand
some and 40. Mr.. Golf is millionaire
Coz. FRED. GRANT has concluded tC
reside in San Francisco. where he has
bought an interest in grain cleaning
machine,
Mis- KICKER, the Washington lawyer,
makes rule every noon to pay for
lunch for the prisoners in the dock Of
the Criminal Court.
JOHN You've, who invented the clothes
wringer, died at Amsterdam, n, Y, the
other day. His invention has deem IL
great saving of domestic labor, but
yielded him no profit to speak of.
QUEEN PA, of Portugal, daughter OF
the late Victor Emmanuel, is blonde.
beautiful, and of dignified carriage, hav-
ing resemblance to Queen Marie An.
toinette.
Mr.. BowLEs farewell words to Sen
ator Dawes,ars likely to be remembered
Drop on your knees, Dawes and thank
God you have done little good in this
world. and ask His forgivness that you
have done no more.
CIGARETTE smoking is INDUCED in by
many young women and school girls
The thumbs and forefinger of a class il
young ladies school in New York were
examined the othor day, and only two
were found to be without tobacco stains.
AT the golden wedding Of Judge Asa
Packer and wife, of Pennsylvania. re-
Gently, the preacher who married them
now 80 years old, was present, as were
also four of the five original wedding
guests.
Mrs. ANDREW 5. HALL. of Brooklyn.
who wants to have her husband adjudged
a lunatic, testified by the way of illustra-
trating his insanity, that he asked u
foolish blessing at the breakfast table.
1t was >, Oh Lord, | hope everything
will work right, and turn out right.
amen.
ROBERT RATCLIFF, of Nantucke,
Mass. who is SO years old, was on the
vessel that carried Napoleon to st.
Helena, and remembers well the Incl
dents of the voyage, Napoleon used to
speak to him occasionally, as well rs to
all the other sailors.
One of the late Victor Emmanuel's
ministers called his attention to the fact
that he was distributing decorations
rather lavishly. All said he king.
there are two things you must mover re-
fuse when solicited-houquets to women
and crosses to men.
MErGoNI, the famous Italian archi.
tect. was killed few days ago by fall
ing from the top of new arch on the
Milan cathedral. He was superintend-
ing the erection of a ctrnicle. and. step
ping back to Judge Of the effect, n board
gave way and he was precipitated to the
pavement.
Robert WARDLow and Miss Martha
Draper, of Newport Landing, Califor-
MIA, being both under age, were unable
to get a license, and accordingly few
Sundays ago Robert hired boat and "A
minister, and, putting out TO sea, was
soon beyond the three mile limit over
which the United States has Jurisdiction.
and there the knot was tied.
OWING to sickness and old age com
bined the Rev. Stephen Ii. Tying, who
for 33 years has held the pastorate of st.
Georges Church, New York city. has
resigned his charg Sc. DIR. Tying is now 81
years old. The church has accepted his
resignation, and settled upon him an an
nuity of s., 900 for life.
Miss ESTHER ALICE MERKLEHAM.
Jefferson's great granddaughter, holds a
81 900 clerkship in the copying division
OF the interior department. She unites
the blood of tho Jeifersons and Ran
dolphs IN her veins, is an occasional
writer for the papers. and the author OF
popular little Sunday school book
:" Lost Pearls,
IL Vienna, the Empress is not pop
ular. She rarely lives there. and loses
no opportunity to show her dislike of
court ceremonies and the court etiquette
SO dear to the German mind. The Emper-
or. on the other hand, lives in uniform
and insists upon all officers appearing il
1t.
EX-Gov. YouNo. of Ohio, and Gov.
ernor General Duferin. of Canada. hap
pened to meet at "A reception IN the
White House. recently. The ex-gov-
ern0r was born ON the estates of Earl
Dutlerin = father, IN the north Oi Ire
land. There is only "A difference Ci two
or three years between the ages of the
earl and Mr.. Young, and pleasant hour
was passed together 10y the two gentle
men IN recalling reminisoences OF their
youthful days.
NOVEL scene was recently witnessed
at the Imperial Opera, st. Petersburg
4 prima donna, on the occasion of her
benefit, was called out more than twenty