, 1879-08-17
PERSON AIS,

t tn Mr. Stewart: Come home and all Will
| be forgiren-
Janies Whistler, "the English artist, r was
born in Lowell. Mass.
/ !: If Ewing had as much bottom as wind he
| would make an excellent run.
MIR. Conkling should nominate Prof. Lnck
| for the New York Collecorship.
To Yazoo County: Your candidate we
cannot be- We nre not anxious to be shot.
| hlr. Stewart was worth several millions
| when he died. lie is now held at $500, coo.
| It occurs to the 1nhahitant Of Memphis
| that yellow Jack never takes summer vacation
The New York Democrats think they can
carry the statc, with the exception Of rammany
Hail..
| Commissioner Le Due says: II Be careful
to protect your booms from frost aud ehot-
| guns"
| Has anybody been cunning for Mr.. An
| sop with shot gun? He has emphaically ceased
| to boom.
Mr. Hayes will soon begin his tour Of the
rural districts, and We infer, therefore, that the
| pumpkins ripe.
The Countess Of Montijo, mother Of the
t1-EHpreS3 EuhEulEs CAt1lto kuo AnAtt1 ~ AIIlfa
in Madrid In October.
The White Stockings can learn something
from female baseball clubs. They must have
aprons to catch balls with.
Ben Butler is represented in Puch with a
couple Of spoons for eyeglasses. The joke is
transparent, it the spoons are not:
Newman Hall, Henry Ward Beecher, and
Roscoe conklthg should form grand mammoth
combination md star the country. .
Several persons have died in Louisville
this summer OF ycllon-fcrer, and perhaps Gov.
Blackburn can get their old clotnes.
Miss Josie Jefferson, daughter Of the cele-
brated actor, gave ''barn party" at her elegant
home IN Hohokns, N. j., last Thursday evening"
Edmund. c. Stedman, who, while in LON
don. has made the ACQUAINTANCE Of several Vic
toriau poets. will not return home for some time.
There appears to be good deal of doubt
as to which was loaded, Senator Sprague or his
shotgun; or as to whether both were not loaded.
The CELEBRITY of Mr.. Conkling's movements
at Narrasansett beach should not mislead anyb body
Us to his qualifications for running fur the Prcsi-
dcncy.
MIR. Tilden says he is not afraid of the
cipher business. The old gentleman is not aware
that he has been killed of with ncatness and dis
patches.
Anna Dickinson will bring out her new
play in San Francisco, being anxious to get far
away from William Winter, the norrid thing, as
possible.
Mr.. Wilberforce, according to writer in
Hurper's, generally ''entered room with all the
sweetness of an angel ana all the agility OF
monkey"
Mr. Hanlan is as strongly opposed to q
second place as Mr. Thomas A. Hendricks and
hence We not surprised that he objects to row
ing Courtney.
Philip Phillips, the singing pilgrim, ex-
plains that he never had any connection with
George Christy, as has been rocklessy asserted By
rival singing pilgrims. -
The death is announced of the Rev. Or.
Lorimer. Principal OF the Presbyterian College Of
London, and the author OF several we'll
works. including memoir Of John Knox.
~~ II. Petri, Secretary to the late Prince I'm
perinl, is collecting letters and other documents
for the purpose Of writing memorial du Cap,'
like Las Cases Memorial de Saint Helene.''
Ii. De- Lesseps, the Panama Ship-Canal
enthusiast, although - years Of age, is proud Of
his athlesic performances. He eats little, drinks
less smokes three cigars day, and Is fond OF
fruit.
The e1-Khedivei is engaged in negotiations
for the purchase Of the well-knoWn and charming
Villa Gallo at Capo di Monte. It WAS sold By the
family Of the Duke OF Gallo to Queen Isabella the
mother OF Ferdinand H.. and on her death ahe
left it to her second husband, Count del Balza It
is large and beautiful house, commanding noble
views.
The young Princes of Wales, Oh board the
Bacchante will be treated like other officers OF their
age and standing, except that they will have pri
yate cabin under the poop. They will join the
cuu-room mess, the members OF which will be
granted special allowance, US was the case when
thc Duke Of Ed,nburg commenced his naval career.
When the Britannia school broke up for the holi-
days there were l76 cadets on board.
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, the eldest son
of the CrownP Prince and future heir to the German
throne, is now studying at Bonn, where he ia very
popular. Hc will soon take journey to the East, ]
including the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and |
Egypt and will be accompanied by his military |
sute and divers learned scholars, well versed in
all matters Oriental Tho young Prince Is credited
wthgreat interest in tho excavations Of the ancient
cities. and will 60 to Olympia when the weather |
becomes cool enough to permit the works to begin
again. |
A1r. Judah P. Benjamin, it is stated BY |
the New Orleans Democrat, has recently bought |
beautiful Parisian residence for the comfortable !
sum in cash Of 800, 600 francs. 1t is ADDED that !
this large sum does not exceed one-ha1f of his |
yearly income from his practice in the English |
courts. The Southern Journal recalls the fact that
Mr. Benjamin, fourteen years ago, after tue |
dispersion Of the Confederate Government, tramped |
On foot from Central Georgia to Florida, and |
escaped in an open buat to Nassau with a single |
gold piece in his pocket which be gave
to the negro who rowed the little boat Hc is said
to preserve an unchanged sympathy with ana deyo-
lion to his Louisiana friends, and to look forward
to reyisiting the State aud those
Did friends
THE METROPOLITAN BUSINESS COLLEGE,
No. 149 State street, has just issued its new cata-
ogue, containing fnll information concerning the
great advantages Of this justly celebrated institu-
tuition over any similar school in the West for pre-
oariug young men for business. In matters Of cdu
cation the best is always the cheapest Parents |
should call and see for Themselves
THE SECOND GRAND CONCERT
IT the Wcs: Side will be given at Brande1's Gar
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