The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-12-07
Personalities.

Generals Department If PENNSYLVANIA;
whose probably. successful attempt ut
suicide vas announced recently from
Tucson, Arizona, disappeared from Har-
risbnrg on Sept. 20. He twice before at
tempted suicide. It is said that disap-
pointment IN love two years ago was the
primary cause Of his desire TO die. =.
The Hst genuine work of RAJ pl,ael ever
received in this country Is the painting
Of the Madonna Of the Cahdelapra.
which recently arrived in New York.
The owner ofthis famous pal inting is Mr.,
Butler Jo4l1st tone, who paid $97 500 for
it. Tie painting will be exhibited at the
MetrdpQlitan Museum Of Art dtiring the
.co,plnegI Loan exhibition.
Dorsetshife, Fog:, has be On scandal.
lied BY q mesalliance.. A lady Of "a,
daughter Of retired Indian colonel, has
married . young man of 10, who was
until racentlv under groom in her fathers
employ The couple left home several
weeks previously for q stay in Somerset
shire III order to qualify for marriage by
banns. The lady father discovered their
Xlietssouts and sought to break up the
matcn D0C Without avail.
tongfeilow's study remains as he left
it: Nota ouok Of d pi6c6 Of fttrnititrs
has been moved. The gates to the
grounds of his old home are always
open to the visitor, but within the house
the bereaved family are secure from
intrusion, and their life goes on as it did
before his death, save for the great void
Al. l. 4
grave at Mount Auburn IS only marked
by the flower wreaths daily placed upon
it by loving hands.
An annuity is still paid in England to
a servant of George ILL.,, and over $500
Nets paid In pensions last: year to eur
viving servants Of Queen Charlotte.
The fortune of the ex- Empress Eugenie
is immense, and her connections stand
i'll great fear of a will that shall make
the Princess Beatrice the richest young
woti1ati in Europe.
Mr.. W. G. Depauw. of New Albany,
Ind, who IL to endow Ashb,try tiniver4
sity, with: ovet 100000; was left an
orphan without 4 cent at sixtesn,, and
lids beeh d mefel,ant, grain dealer, q
millionaire and banker.
1t is Cardinal Manning who relates this
incident as having happened to himself.
One night was returning to my resi-
dence in Westminster when / met y poor
pipe. 1 thought over this Arist9te1ial1
he who drinks too much gets drunk; he
n a$ea n l. tn hon M
is in danger Of morta, sir, Let US save
him. l affectionately addressed him: !:
care you Catholic?' II am, thanks be
70 Cod" "Where are you from2" "From
Cork, your reverence" "Are you a
member of the total abstinence socicty2"
mo; yoit te9erence:" "!NoM,".. eqid /,
THAT is very wrong. Look at me, ain
a member?" ''Faith, may be your rever.
ence has need of it." t shook hands
with him and left him.
Private Roberts, of the 18th Hussars,
who was one of the immortal six hun
dred at Balac1ava and was sorely wound
ed IN The charge; was buried With intel.
p0mp and ceremony ON November +, at
Wednesbury; England. Thousands Of
spectators were present at the. funeral,
and the soldiers body was escorted to the
grave by detachment of Hussars. 1.-The
honors thus paid to Roberts," says the
St. James's Gazette, "would no doubt
have Leen gratifying to him had he been
aware Of them, but they came too late
for that; and if it is true that at the
time of his death he scarcely had the
bare .necessaries Of life, IL to be regretted
that lis Services: we're hot fecogtiizetl
before his death instead of after it"
United States Minister Hamlin speaks
with much pleasure of the courtesy cx-
tended, to him while at, the Court OF
Madrid, and especially Of the kind and
informal politeiicss Of the King. At his
first interview with Don Alfonso, after
talking with him for some time the King
rose and said to him, "Now, Mr.. Ham
lin, come into the next room and let me
introduce you to my wife," not calling
her the Queen. The King speaks Eng
'ish very we'll, though less perfectly than
does Queen Christina, who, whenever
she is present when her husband con.
verses in that language, is always on the
alert to help him out with any word
over whicl, he may Glance to hesitate.