Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-16
PERSONAL.


Gen. Joe Johnston. member Of the
lower branch OF Congress, il uncle TO
Senator Johnston, Of Virginia.
Miss Livinia Goodell and Miss Angie
King have formed partnership for the
practice Of law in Janesville, Wis.
It is reported that Ben Butler worked
at chair-making to pay his college dues,
earning, perhaps. thirty cents day. !.
Stephen A. Douglass. son OF the
Little Giant, has left North Carolina
for Chicago, where he will practice
law. So *. &
President White Of Cornell, nomi-.
mated for tho Berlin Mission. is q man
of large fortune as well as Of great
learning. a,,,i.4..
In regard to the marriage of Mr..
Partridge to Miss Quail the Methodist
Recorder says, "Birds Of feather
flock together" ,t,.as.t4.
The 1000 employees of the firm of
VIM. e. Dodge, OF New York, do not
use intoxicating beverages. Drinkers
are not employed. ,,yft sYef
Ex-Congressman ARENAS Hale, OF
Massachusetts,, who is 96 years old,
paid visits to both branches Of the Leg
islature of that State March 9th. 5 7e
Pocohontas died 263 years ago next
May. Her memory is now to be hon
ored with monument. Her remains
are in tomb at Gravesend, marked
simply: "1616. May 81, Rebecca
Wrolfe, wife of Thomas Wrolfe, gent,
Virginia lady borne, was buried in
the chancel."
Colonel Burch, the new Secretary of
| the U. 8. Senate, was prominent Con-
federste soldier, and served throughout
the rebellion. Had his cause prevailed,
he could not have got his present highly
respectable post, which he may hold
for several years. Such is life,--and Q
very funny thing it is.
"When he came here there were no
Christians, when he went away there
were no heather" is the inscription on
the tablet which has been placed in the
chapel at Aneitum, one of the New
Hebrides, to the memory of DR.. John
Geddie, formerly Of Prince Edward
Island who was successful missionary
there from 184S to 1872.
A Boston man who saw Mr.. Russell
Sage at the Union Pacific meeting in
that city, last week, is said to have ex-
claimed: "As for Sage, I declare I
would take him for Presbyterian min
lister before I'd believe he was one of
those Wall street fellows. Why, Just
glance at that smile Don't it look all
the world like Elder Dobson's?"
Great pleasure is expressed by the
Roman press in anticipation of Her
Majesty Queen Victoria's visit to Italy,
travelling strictly incognito, under the
title of the Countess of Kent. The
Opinioae in leader on the subject
says /" Although Queen Victoria comes
to Italy in strict iacognito, nevertheless,
while respecting her august will, Italy,
by her respectful bearing, will know
how to manifest her delight and the
honor she will feel at the presence
of the illustrious sovereign of the
United Kingdom. England has reached
that degree Of power and great.
ness that the name of her Queen will
live in history as one Of the most glo-
rious."
President White, while accepting the
appointment OF Minister to Germany,
will not, it is said, resign the Presi-
dency of Cornell. Professor Russell,
Vice-President, will act as President
during his absence. Mr.. White is o
native Of Syracuse, New York. He
studied awhile at Hamilton College,
but afterward at Yale, graduating in
1853 at the head of his class. He was
for time attache to the American Lee
cation at st. Petersburg, and afterward
Professor in the University at Ann
Arbor, resigning in 1868, on account Of
ili-health, and became President Of
Cornell at lis organization in 1866,
holding the position ever since. In
1871 he was one of the Commissioners
to visit San Domingo. During the
same ysar he presided over the Repub-
lican State Convention at Syracuse,
and in 1876 he was Dslegate-at-large
from New York to the Convention
which nominated President Hayes.