Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-08
PERSONS AND THINGS.

Truth is not always eloquent, and elo-
quence is not alway truth.
King John, of Abysinnia, claims to be
lineal descendant OF Solomon.
Senior Ayala, president of. the Spanish
chamber Of deputies is dead.
Spain should enact a game law for the
protection of her royal birdlings.
More and better bridges and via
duct, should be constructed by the great
railway lines.
Gustave Dore is said to be putting forth
his artistic powers in illustrating Shak-
speare.
Count Joannes," the New York Shak-
spearean tragedian, is dead. "Life's ftful
fever" is over.
Skating is pursued this season with ex-
traordinary ardor in England, from its
comparative rarity.
Gov. Emery and the Mormon church are
working together for another term OF Utah
governorship.
The kind of governor that Utah wants
is one who will not sit down unless he
knows it is OH some polygamist.
Gov. Garcelon and Congressman Frye,
of Maine, are brothers.in-law. This is
damaging revelation for Frye.
In Lansing, Michigan, yesterday, col
ored woman named Lucy karney died at
the age of III years II months and q
days.
The kings and queens of Europe are
busy writing each other congratulations on
their escapes from assassination.
In the recent death of John Jackson, at
the age of eighty-four years, the last of those
once held in slavery in Hudson county N.
j., has passed away.
At the Grant reception in Philadelphia
the motto sent by the deaf and dumb asy-
lum read The children of silence send
greeting to the silent man."
The New Years day reception.announc-
ed for the Stewart castle, in Washington,
was suddenly postponed yesterday-until
the structure can be rebuilt.
The Springfield Journal heads an article
"The Maine Plot Thickening. 1t ought
to thicken. 1t is altogether too thin as 1t
is.
Spurgeon does not like to be addressed
as reverend, or to be ranked as clergy
man. II am preacher, and | try to do
good by preaching; that is all there is Of
my ministry.
1t has just come to light that William
Nlblo, who died in August, 1873, left $780,
900 of his estate to found library to be
called by his name for the Young Mems
Christian Association of New York city.
The latestidea for church benefit is
fox hunt 1t took place in FlorisaHt val
ley, Mo. The church furnished the foxes,
and the laity came along with their dogs,
paid $25 for the sport, and thus the Golfers
of the church were enriched
Everything in the way of sacred con-
certs, fairs, etc. is announced for the bene-
fit of the church nowadays, " remarked the
old man, but the time used to be when
all this was reversed and church was al
ways for the benefit of the people. "
A man bearing the name of Laffrienara,
at Princeton, ILL.,, was yesterday presented
with triplets, as a holiday remembrance
from his wife. Last year he was given
twins, and he is beginning to think there
is nothing N this sort of thing to use the
first syllable of his name about.
Gov. Charles c. Van Zandt, of Rhode
Island, named in connection with the
Russian mission, is 50 years of age. His
public life began IN 1854, when he was
elected to the Rhode Island legislature.
He was four times elected speaker of the
lower house, twice elected lieutenant gov
ernor, and has served his third term as
governor.
Mrs. Susan Kipp the wife of Henry l..
Kipp of Passaic City, n. j., has filed
through her counsel, Thomas
NJ. Moore, in suit brought against her
husband who is now in his Tooth year.
Mrs. Kipp, who is G. years of age, is the
second wife of Mr.. Kipp. She alleges that
she is being defrauded out of her Just
rights in the estate of her husband by
laughter Of her husband by his first wife.
Gen. Chalmers, of Mississippi, has pro-
posed bill in the house which appears to
De wise in intention and extremely just.
/ provides that $4,000, recently cover
ID" into the treasury, of moneys original
Y appropriated for the pay and bounties of
,olored soldiers, because of the impossibih-
y of finding rightfrl claimants, shall be
invested in per cent bonds and the inter-
st devoted in equal parts to six institu-
ions named in the bill which have been
established for the education of colored
udents.
Robert Mitchell, one of the oldest and
vealthest of Cincinnati merchants, sur
,rised his family on Christmas day by the
distribution OF presents which amounted
Llmost to disposition of his estate. The
amily, which in the three generations num-
,ers twenty-six persons, had assembled for
Christmas reunion, and while at dinner,
,efore dessert was served, servant passed
round n silver salver containing envel-
,pes addressed one to each member OF the
amily. Mr.. Mitchell then made state
nent explaining the gifts which he had in
ended as a surprise to them, and which
lad consequently been entirely unlocked
or on their part. The grandchildren re-
eived gifts of money; his daughters and
received deeds Of valua-
lble residences and real estate; his sons,
Albert and Richard, were given $4,000
ZACH, in accounts standing against them on
he books of the firm of Mitchell & Ram
nelsburg; Mrs. Redway and Mrs. Burton
zach received receipts for $500,00 capital
advanced to their respective husbands in
business. The aggregate of the gifts was
$4,000.