Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-03
gas Aageles alerald,
General Gieanings.

ting off cats tail.
Mrs. Swan, of Lafayette, Ind a
devOut Roman Catholic, killed her.
self because her son married q
Protestant.
The Earl OF Eldon, grandson of
the penurious Chancellor, has just
built church at cost of $3.50 900
to $500, 600.
An Iowa woman by her will left
an old armchair to one of her sons.
In the stufliug was found roll of
bank notes amounting,t to S400. The
legal question is whether the
money belongs to the son.
Lord Douglass has seventy-nine
coins, recently recovered by the
work men in the foundation of the
building In Main street, Douglass,
Scotland, known as the Old Lodge.
They are well preserved, most of
them having been deposited in a
Jar.
There has been already an in
crease in the Post Office Savings
banks in Ireland in 1850 over 1879
OF sass. 600, and an increase in in
vestments in Government and In
dia stock, on which dividends are
paid at the Bank Of Ireland, Of
$SS4, 900.
On the bank holiday at the Alex.
Andra Palace, London, 100 900 per.
sons were turned into one iDclos.
ure. Thirty thousand cups Of tea
and coffee, $50 barrels of ale. AZ 900
loAves OF bread, and 80 900 buns
and cakes We're consumed between
morning and night.
Two large gold dishes have been
temporarily lent to the Science and
. Art Museum, Dublin. The larger
one, measuring two feet nine inch
es in diameter, is said tn be the
wedding present of the Dauphiu of
!. France to Mary Queen Of Scots.
The smaller is two feet in diameter
aud contains IN the centre repre-
sentation of the Alteration of the
Msgi In high relief.
When the ,English take vaca.
ton they sink the shop An Eng
lishman travelling in Switzerland
met French lady with her daugh-
ter. They made up a party and
VuGltCu tHo toSCthCis AhV
young lady was attacked with
toOthache, and the party travelled
twelve miles to find IL dentist, who
applied little laudanum. Subse.
Quently it Was asceitaiD-d that the
Engiishman WIS II dentist. When
asked why he did not relieve the
sufferer, he replied, II am on va
cation; l haven't practised for six
weeks.n
Hiram Berry, an old and very
wealthy citizen of Frankfort, KY,
married Mollie Taylor, a Louisville
adventures. Berry's SOUS and
friends were shocked by this pro-
ceedipg, and induced him to part
with her. Sine that time thous
ands of dollars have been paid bel
for the purpose Of Keeping bel
quiet, but to no avail. She arrived
IN Frankfort few days ago aud
going directly TO the Berry resi-
dence, ,ked for her husband The
eldest Of the sous responded by
kicking her out of the grounds cut
ting her face and breaking some Of
her ribs.
A notable Dublin man has just
died at the age of 50 Tom Atkins,
during O'Conneli's life, took AN nc.
tive part in Irish politics. He was
one of O'Connelrs "old guard" o
whom so few remain. He WAS d
tailor, and on his famous sign ol
green and gold in Cassel street he
bla2oned forth AS grandly as ever
knight Of chivalry traced his motto
on u shield, "Thomas Atkins,
Tailor to the Liberator.n The mo-
ment O'Connell was elected First
Lord Mayor of Dublin under the
new Corporation Act he appointed
him sword bearer, and his was u
familiar figure in all professions.
Gen. Burrows, who was defeated
by the Afs shaps aud is now locked
up in Caudshar, has been for years
on the staff ut Bombay. He has
filled all the posts excessively in
the Quartermaster Generals de.
partment, and was chief of it when
selected to command a brigade at
Csndahar. In early days he WAS a
Colonel OF native infantry, but for
yeaxs + e has had 20 experience In
handling troops. He is II clever
and skilliuI artist, but Is represent
ed as thoughtful, dreamy person,
possibly not the type of man to
prove an effective leader of AN
Ormy In the field. He obtained his
com mission in 1874, which would
make him now 81 or So.
The Ameer Abdurrahman is de.
ecribed as by far the strongest and
In t..Il a far han nf h a ~
ell. He is "a great worker, often
not retiring to rest until 3 O'Clock
In the morning. He rises early for
prayers and then sleeps until 8 or
10 o'clock, when he commences
business. fle only takes one meal
q day, at about O'Clock p NJ, but
consumes rgs quantities OF tea.
His conversation is never frivolous,
and he has much knowl. dye of he
world aud strength of character
He thoroughly understands the art
OF managing The people with whom
he is brought in contact, having APP
parently acted strictly up to the
Pope motto: "rhe proper study of
mankind Is man" He is frank
and bold in his manner and speaks
freely to his visitors, drafts all his
own letters, has no advisers and
only three or four coufidants.
There died lately at Paris, at the
age OF sc, worthy old English
gentleman, George Mitchell, who
for years, under the second empire,
formed an integral, albeit occult,
part OF the machinery of that vast
and elaborate organization, the
French Ministry of the Interior.
The appointment he filed rendered
II necessary that, while administra
lively he should he thoroughly
French, intelIt ctually he should
remain All EDglisl.man. He was
the head Of the Bureau of the Press.
All the English papers forwarded