Morris tribune., 1881-05-26
Personal Paragraphs.


in Russia lay in the fact that the judge who
pronounced the death sentence upon Sophie
Pieroffska was companion of her child
hood, and once q suiter of her hand.
Detroit has high society scandal in a
breach of promise suit brought by Sylvia
De Leon, the beautiful daughter of Jack
son county, farmer pursuing her art of stud
les in Detroit, against Col. J. w. Romeyer,
a son Of Theodore Romeyer, with whom he
is partner in one of the leading law firms
of the state. The girls folks are rich but
she wants $4,000 of Romeyers money.
It is we'll known that the queen enter
tanned the most sincere regard for Lord
Beaconsfeld, and treated him with marks
of personal friendship; many touching
proofs of this appear among his papers.
He was himself proud to show the pretty
valentines he received every year with the
signature from ''your atfectionate sover-
eign."
William Linwood, great Oxford school
ar, once had the boldness to assert that.
with the exception of the late Prof. FELTON,,
of Harvard university, he never yet en-
countered an American who could correctly
constrew 10 lines of Eschylus or read 10
lines of Virgil without perpetrating a false
quantity.
The house on Curzon street, London, in
which Lord Beaconsfeld died, was one he
had taken on seven years lease, and fitted
up in great splendor, intending to give a
series of parliamentary dinners, and make
| 1t the rendezvous of all who were brilliant
and distinguished in the London political
and literary world. But he was never able
to give even one of those entertainments.
He had occupied the house only three
months when he died.
Alexander III. has promoted to captaincy
| the young lieutenant who wrapped his own
mantle around the wounded Gar just after
| the explosion, It was in this mantle that
| the murdered man was taken to the Winter
Palace. Il have bought you new cloak, u
said the young Czar to the soldier. Il
the youth present of l 200 roubles.
A young woman of Springfield, Mass,
was determined to circumvent young man
whom she suspected of a desire to escort
her home from the Baptist church sociable.
ment, and she laid plan to gain the audi
ence-room above by means of the back
stairs and to escape thence to the street
while her would be cavalier was prepering
to pounce upon her at the basement door.
All went well when false step in the dark
ness sent her splashing into the baptistry,
which had remained since the previous
Sunday.
The Springfield Republican gives the fol-
lowing as complete list of newspaper men
who hold seats in the senate: Senator
Hawley is principal proprietor Of the Hart
ford Courant, Anthony owns part Of the
Providence Journal, Jones of Nevada owns
tho San Francisco Post, Plumb tho Empo-
ria, Kan, NeaCs, Hill owns in part the
Denver Tribune, Fair owns part of the Vir-
ginia City Enterprise, Allison has stock in
the Burlington Hawkeye, and Malone
owns the Richmond WhiD. or most of it
The house has several more. Il is geod
thing, no doubt for q senator TO own 6
newspaper if he can afford it; but as q rule,
it makes poor newspaper.
| Lord Lorne has $4,000 a year and 6
furnished house as Governor General o1
Canada. His wife has $50, 900 year from
parliament. and also had dot Of $3.50, 900
which may be presumed to add $6, 900 {
year more to their income, so that if the
Duke Of Argyll adds $14, 900 a year the.
have 800, 900, which for childless couple
is comfortable. The economy practiced a
Rideau Hall is very strict. The Duke o.
Argyll began life poor for his position, bu
economical habits, and the rise in value O
land for many years, have made him affiu
emit. He has also received large sum O.
public money as salary.