, 1880-02-08
PERSONALS.


Cannes. Her health is greatly improved.
Neither Mr.. Tilden nor 11r. O'Conor has
engaged himself to any young ladies during the
past two days.
King Alfonso has not been shot at for two
weeks, and begins to fear that things are going
wrong in Spain
The thermometer reached Is below zero in
Minnesota last week, and people thought it was
an Adams boom.
Clara Louise Kellogg has gone to Nice for
the rest Of the winter. Clara is evidently de-
termined to have good time while abroad
It seems that old Standing Bear and Bright
Eyes are absent from their reservations without
pnss, and are liable to arrest in they visit
Washington.
We notice with pleasure that Nemesis has
begun operations again. 4 man named Irwin
Was killed in q wrestling match at Evergreen,
Ala, recently.
Tom Thumb is now one of the features Of
10-ccnt Bowery show in New York. It would
hardly be appropriate to sag "How arc the
mighty fallen in this connection, but that's tho
idea suggested.
When Gen, Grant felt the earthquake
shock at Havana he took off his hat bowed po-
liteIy, and remarked to one Of his attendants
that this was the neatcst personal compliment
that had ever been paid to him outside Of Phi1a-
delphia.
The Spanfards have proverb that ga pa
per cigarct glass Of fresh water, and the kiss
of pretty girl will sustain a man for day
without eating" In this country tits different
4 mans knee has been known to support girl
several nights in succession.
The Burlington Hueckcve, always close
observer, says: ibid you over notice, brethren,
the bigger the woman the smaller the hat? It's
only your delicate little fairy, whose lightly fall
ing tread scarce bends the daisy that itfals upon
that wears hat as broad as coal barge"
a Cincinnati girl who had a quarrel with
her beau one night last week suddenly rushed
from the parlor in which they we're seated and
drowned herself in the canal near by. When
Chicago girls quarrel With. their lovers they
simply whistle for the old man and the dog.
The editor of the Mount Sterling Ky.)
scorc1,cr had a call from 200 masked men. who
reouested him to publish their warning against
the horse-thieves of the county. He said 1t was
against his rule to print anonymous communi-
cations, but he thought he could make an e1-
ceptiou in this instance.
The Washington Post is mean enough and
Democratic enough to say campaign with MIR.
Sherman for candidate would be rich In many
of the elements of humor. To hear a crowd try
ing to give three cheers for Sherman, while their
teeth were chatterius from the inevitable chill
of bis icy presence would be better than cir
Gus
An attempt to Introduce onecent coins in
San Francisco Is meeting with vigorous opposl-
ton from the small dealers. At public meet
ing cigar-dealcr denounced their circulation
MS 4 movement Of capitalists in favor OF the
Cinnamon. The circulation of cents where five
cent pieces have heretofore been given, he said,
would injure the white man, and Introduce
bankruptcy, and cause many small storekecpers
to sell out ut less than cost within month. An
other speaker said that the penny had no more
to do with hard times than the rising Of the sun,
but, vote being taken, there were found to be
only two advocates Of the cent piece present.