, 1881-01-06

rcboundtng, struck him In tho ncok, inticttop a.
seycre cut. IIo ID now In n hosp,tal.-Nt,e 1vrt'
Sun. A similar i.,cEdont occurred in ClionRo.
except Tint tho drunkar1l Ind unfortunately
purchased bottle OF New Jerry whisky, mn,
tho man nga!nht whose house II whs thrown NOT
only mnac tho reformed man pny fnr rcpa,ntlno
tho pl"co, but also had him afrcstcd ntd 0ncd
e"A for storing explosive material within tbn
city limits.
4 very and Incident occurred In this civ
recently. A young man In boston fell Violently
IN lovo With ChtonRo gist who Waited TINT c,tv
Inst summer, md ondcnvorcd, by taking fcr IN
Hunkcr Hill monument. Joo Cooks lectures, Tho
sotnt-nnniial meeting ot tho Massachusetts Btalo
Association for tho Diffusion ot Knowledge Con.
corning pro-Atlnmlto Man, ami pthcr ctlleyfnv
but Inexpensive resorts. to express tho affection
ho waa too bnshful.to declare. Atcr tho younu
lady had returned to her nattve heath On Elza-
hosh street, ahe received lcttor from tho los
ton petsor, Atld answered It ns folf0ws: "Ilear
1icnrr, yon ask II l return yuur love. Yes,
Horny, hnvo no Use for It. and roturn It With
many thanks. Uy-by, Hank
Doston, whatever may i.nvc boen its nd.
verss fortunc stlll rcmatns an extremely
wealthy city. aa llst Of lts Rich men and women
shows. The rcnl cstnto OF tho city ts vaiuod as
di,&D,0O0. Tho rorsonal property Ia estimated
at f2ol goo. Thoro Isa tufai Inercasc Of valua-
ilintcd that thoso ls lar9o amount OF property
which noyor cotncs under tho observation oF tho
asAcsaors, or Ia exempt from ta1ntton or payk
only II stasc tax. There nro not nany mtlitun.
aircs In Noston. hut thurc nro Qrcnt 1lsnny prl.
VITO fortunes Of from $500,odo 10 $800.000 About
&D.000,00o is raised by tnxhtlon. Tie rato Ia
eib,.0 pnr II, oO0. There has been n mnrked nd.
vance In tho vnluo Of real cstntc, md tho out-
look for tho futtiro IL declared to bo tintterlng.
lloston has been greatly bcnoted by tho rise In
tho western RAILWAY socurit1es durlpg tho last
year; but tho general tendency Ii TO invcst In
homo real estate.
Tho report Inns boon widely circulated that
Miss Gcnoytoye Wnrd, who has Just arrived horo
from Europe, is tho daughter OF tho well-known
Bun, Warsl, brother Of Julia Wnrd llowc. md
cn!lod In washington King of Tho Lobby. sho Ii
IN no why relnted tu him. Hor father ls Rom
tticR!an, now over 70 years old. md her grlntl-
fnthor WINS Gideon Len, ut ono timc prosperous
loathor merchant III tho Swamp, md formerly
Mnyor Of Now York. The romantic stury OF her
marraRo to n Russian Count. to whom stle baio
farewell forever ut tho nttar, nfter they had
boon united In ST. Petersburg by the forms Of
tho lsussian Church, Ia declnrou to 10 strictly
truo. She sang for aomo TING In Europe nndee
tho hAue of 0uesrnbolln, having been educated
for tic oporat1c stage, and only rclinalishcd 1t
when eho foi,n1 u1nt Rhe hui lost two ar thren
nofes In her upper register. ltiston Is her par.
t!oular friend md adn!rcr, md f1as thn,ight
from tho 1rst TINT she would huve distinguished
histrlonfo success. Miss Ward had nuscr mp
penred in drama until gbo undertook LatIr
Macbeth ut Manchester, Eng. III order to llil d
rncnf,uy occasonc1 by tho sudden Illness Of q
prominent actress. Everybody supposcd that
sue 1nust fGtl, Aul tloro wAs eyory renaou to
believe that she would. Tho audience was aIlent
ami cold until tho sleep wtlklnY sccno, when sho
brought down tho house aud established herself
tYNt$r S,+st%t
her drauatlc career.
Tho following brlcf obituary notice Of
GenrBc Eliot appears IN tho Pail jfd{t Gazette Of
Dec. ~, and Is probably from tic pom Of It's edit
or, Mr.. John Morclcy: "Ab announcement In
os1r nows columns this afternoon wili fll tho
public with grief and concorn The great writer
whom tho world hos ndnl!rcl and rcvorcd nj
George Elliot Is no more. Th6sc who bud tha
privilege OF her tEoAlshtp will lcclthht not only
Is 9roat writer lost to tho world. but lovoly,R
tnnBnnn1nouss md An Inspiring character. Tho
critics Ind many things Ia Ray OF George EIlotG
art, though no cfltic'ent ever folnl In 1t aIthor
words or Thoughts tahat wcre trsyIal or Knoble.
In truth, Artiat though Bho was, those who knew
her wcro vol a,varo how tho best qualities OF
her work sprung frnm tho ron1lty and depth Gf
her interest In hll1unn life. II wis this noble
concern ln tho strangely woven dcsttnlca Of mcn
mud wot,leti, III tho irony Ut character. IN tho
trnR1-comcdy Of circumstance. wh1Uh Rava ia
her conversation nobility Rn1 fmprGsavoEcsa
whiuh Will rc1nain 1tnonx the cherished 1nolno-
rlcs Of NIL who enjoyed It. Tho glow Of tho eyo,
tho tnclodtoua cnrncsness OF tho voice, tho ayn-
;pathy Ut acoost, aided II chHrm Of thcir own.
Tho bcneAccnco Of her spirit Wis unutntcd by
my clement of tho sentimental. Fru.n TINT shs
WINS preserved both BY vigorous hnd nlcrt sense
Of humor and, still moro, by a ronsonrd knowt-
cl9o Of tho chhlu OF Inexotabao forces which
nuke huniRn helnxs 0nd human lfo what they
nro. It has often been sail that her books aro
deeply tlngod with melancholy. md 1t IL truo
| tlAt they nro 80. Ono OF her most constant
! thoughts turned Oh this wasto OF forco in tho
world. Tho satno thought IL surely upper,noss
| In our minds today. ~ wo learn that 30 com.
manting an Intellect, 10 noble atptit, has pnssed
| away from nn,ong u.s."