, 1878-03-22

educated.
=. NATHAN GoFT, of Clarksburg, W.
Va, aged,Sj. has been carried of and
married by Miss Horner, who is hand
some and 40. Mr.. Golf is millionaire.
Col. FRED. GRANT has concluded to
reside IN San Francisco, where he has
bought an interest in a grain cleaning
machine,
MRS KICKER, the Washington lawyer,
makes rule every noon to paw 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. tho
other day. His invention has deem q
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 fdignifed carriage. hay
ing resemblance to Queen Marie An
toinette.
Mr.. BowLEs' farewell words to Sen.
ator Dawes. are likely to be remembered:
Drop on your knees, Dawes and thank
God you have done little good in this
world, and ask His forgiyness that you
have done no more"
CIGARETTE smoking is indulged in by
many young women and school-girls
The thumbs and forefinger of class in
ayoung ladies' school in New York were
examined the other 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 SO years old, was present, as were
also four OF the five original wedding
guests.
MRS. ANDREW s. HALL, of BROOKLYN.
who wants to have her husband adiudeed
a lunatic, testified by the way of iilustra.
trating his insanity, that he asked
foolish blessing at the breakfast table.
TWAS >, Oh Lord, T hope everything
will work right, and turn out right,
amen.
ROBERT RATCLIRF, of Nantucket,
Mass. who is SO years old, was on the
vessel that carried Napoleon to st.
Helena, and remembers we'll the Incl
dents Of the evoyage, Napoleon used to
speak to him occasionally, as well as to
all the other sailors.
ONR of the late Victor Emmanuels
ministers called his attention to the fact
that he was distributing decorations
rather lavishly. "Ah said he king,
there are two things you must never re-
fuse when solicited-houquets to women
and crosses to men.
MRNGoNI, the famous Italian arohi-
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 ctrnicle, and, step
ping back to Judge of the effect, board
gave way and he was preoipitated to the
pavement.
ROBERT WARDLow and Miss Martha
Draper, of Newport Landing, Califor-
MIA, being both under age, were unable
to get license, and accordingly few
Sundays ago Robert hired boat and
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 81. Tying, who
for 33 years has held the pastorate of st.
Georges Church, New York city, has
resigned his charge. DR.. Tying is now 81
years old. The church has accepted his
resignation, and settled upon him an an.
nuity Of $5, 900 for life.
MISS ESTHER ALICE MnRKnRHAM,
Jefferson's great-granddaughtsr, holds
81, 900 clerkship in the copying division
Of the interior department. She unites
the blood Of the Jeffersons and Ban
dslphs in her veins, is an occasional
writer for the papers. and the author OF
q popular little Sunday school book,
Lost Pearls, "
IS Vienna, the Empress is not pop
ular. She rarely lives there, and loses
40 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 in
it.
Ex.Gov. YoUNG, of Ohio, and Gov
ernor- General Duffsrin, ofCanada, hap
pened to meet at reception in the
White House, recently. The ex-gov-
ernor was born on the estates OF Earl
Dufferin's father, in the north OF Ire
land. THERE'S onlya difference of two
or three years between the ages Of the
earl and Mr.. Young, and a pleasant hour
was passed together by the two gentle
men in recalling "reminiscences OF their
youthful days.
ANovEL scene was recently witnessed
at the Imperial Opera, st. Petersburg.
A prima donna, on the occasion OF her
benefit, was called out moro than twenty
times. At last she advanced to the fsot-
lights, and, addressing the audience in
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