The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-23
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Personal AND LITERARY.

The French papers announce the
death, in his Prison, at New York, of
Williams lived"
The estate of Oakes Ames, who
died several years ago, is still unsettled.
When he died he was supposed to be
worth several million dollars, but it is
now doubtful whether the estate will
meet the debts.
A brother of the late Vice-Presi-
dent Wilson opens the door for visitors
to the United States Senate Chamber,
and brother of Senator Blaine, who
only slightly resembles him, folds pa
pers in the document room.
When Spencer, the defaulter, ran
away from Chicago, he left a locked
box supposed to contain much treas-
ure This mysterious depository was
broken open in court the other day,
and was found to contain "a copy of
Capt. William Morgan's celebrated ex-
posure of Masonry, undated, but yell
low with age" And then his creditors
felt better.-N Y. Graphic.
-"Gen. O. o. Howard" a Portland
(Ore.) correspondent Of the Boston
Journal writes, g is marvellously pop
ular with the people. He is known as
the praying: General. He is one of the
most earnest Christian men on the
coast. His religious flag is never
struck; that floats everywhere. In
church work, in Christian association,
in the Sunday-Schools, in the odd, way
side labor of missions, he is foremost.
On board the steamer he was the life OF
Al. oh al
he made friends with all. On Sunday
he arranged Divine service, led the
singing and aided the preacher in his
part His personal bravery and cour-
age is admitted by his enemies"
Senator Withers, of Virginia, dis
PLAYED wonderful nerve duringa a recent
operation, when the surgeons had to
cut into the inside of the pupil. of the
eve and remove from it particle OF
diseased matter. He absolutely retcsed
to take morphine or any other anes-
thetic, and, lying ON sofa with his
| head propped up to allow the surgeons
to reach his eye readily, submitted him.
| self to the shock with entire compos-
ure Mr.. Withers not only did not
utter sound under the knife, but did
not once vince or give any other evil
dence of feeling pain. The exhibition
of nerve and power of will was wonder
| full, and the best results followed. The
operation was more successful than If
the patient had been subjected to the
| influence of anesthetics
Tom Placide's widow died at Toms
River, N. j., recently, aged eighty-three.
Fifty-three years ago Placide fell in love
with her, but Mary Ann Knight, who was
ten years his senior, did not encourage
his suit and married another man. In
| 1868 her old lover met her, then wild
ow, renewed the courtship OF forty
wears before, and this time was success
ful. After their marriage they went to
Toms River to live, he having retired
from the stage. Their home was
beautiful place, and they are said to
have lived very happily together. In
July last Placide committed suicide by
shooting himself. He had suffered pro
traeted agony from cancer in his
mouth, and, in letter written just be-
fore the deed, he explained that he
could endure no more. Mrs. Placlde
was prostrated by his death, and her
health thereafter steadily declined.
A canal boatman at Rondout, N.
Y, claims relationship with the En-
peror of Germany. He shows letters