The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-10-30
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
Mr.. A. H. STEPHENS, u he waited for
his train in the railwsy station at Louis
vile the other day, became the object of
An agreeable happening: An old friend. a
jeweler, walked up to him, and plac;dly
presented him with handsome watch
and chain as testimony Of his esteem
and friendship. Mr.. Stephens was natur-
ally extremely pleased.
Mr.. HoRATIo SEYMOUR WHITES to the
citizens of Aurora, greatly regretting that
he could not take part in the celebration
along the line of oullivans march, a. one
Of his grandfathers was an officer in a
New Jersey regiment which was engaged
in the campaign against the 1roquois.
He adds: "1t is no small gam to the
people of New York to be taught that
they have history surprising that of all
other sections Of our country in its influ-
encs upon the civilization, government,
and customs of our people.
The late Mrs. Peters, of Philadelphia,
has bequeathea to her nephew, Richard
Peters, "the box Of the frigate Constitu-
ton and the Penn's Treaty Tree, and the
one from Penn's house en- Letitia street !;
also the locket with Chief Justice Mar
shall's hair, given to his grandfather,
when reporter Of the Supreme Court OF
the United States, by the sons of the
ChiefJustice; also the locket with hair
OF General Washington and fac-simile Of
Marshall, given by the Chief-Justice to
his father, R. Peters,
The Danish Queen IS very kind heart
ed lady. After the carnage in which she
was seated with the King had nearly
come in collision With that driven by
Mr.. p, a popular ae tor, she pleasantly
inquired after the health of Mr..
P.'s children. On being told that one
little boy was suffering from tedious
eruption on on" "i' his legs, the Queen
tho next day called at the house of MIR.
z. with some Olutu,ent, which her Majes-
ty had prepared after an old family
receipt, and in few days the child was
cured.
GENERAL SHERMAN is remembered as
practicing law in Leavenworth-tha is to
say, he waited patiently for clients long
time, and at last got small case about
disputed bill. The law and the facts
were all on his side, and he looked up
authorities and carefully prepared him.
self. Then he 1cut into court, and a
lawyer who is picturesquely described as
'spike-haired," came and won his case
away from him. The future General Of
the Army, vowing he'd never try another
case in Kansas, picked up his books and
walked away; and he kept his vow.
Mr.. ALEXANDRA DUMAS Is said to have
gained some of his many fine pictures in
an amusing way. He is a devoted bill
lard player and so is his friend, NJ. VOL
tou, the painter, who spends much of his
time with the dramatist. The amiable
Dumas proposes game. "What shall
We play for, he asks. II should like a
complete set Of Shakespeare" says the
painter. ''Ve"y good: a Shakespeare
against water-color," says Dumas. He
is the bettee player Of the two, but some
times for trlcndl,ness, he lets Voltou
win; so the painter enriches his library
and the dramatis, his picture-gallery.
Mr.. JOSEPH H. DANA, Of St. Louis, is a
perverse genius and his wife ought to
spank him with slipper till he begs for
mercy, A few days ago an officer heard
pistol sSot in Mr.. Dana's house, and on
going in found him lying on the floor
apparently in the agony of death, with
o smoking pistol at his side and his
wife suffering, as we'll any woman might
under the circumstances. Mr.. Dana got
up. He was not hurt at all, and with a
broad smile on his face explained that
the whole affair was one of his little
jokes. and that he was feigning suicide to
see how his wife would take it. Mr.. Dana's
idea of a joke is little out of the com.
mon. The policeman at any rate thought
it was, tor he very quickly marched him
off to the statien.house and licked him
up.
LORD LYONS has now. been twelve
years the British Ambassador in France,
at salary of $50, 900 year, with fine
house rent free. The last four rulers OF
that country have all liked him. In the
early days of the Republic he was sup.