Morris tribune., 1882-07-13
Personal Gossip.

at the approaching coronation OF the
car will be the carriage of the cZarina
1t is sort of double throne upon
wheels, and is hung, not upon springs,
but upon huge bands CT velvet, Within,
it is upholstered withared velvet, and
has large mirror in front, facing the
occupant, framed with white satin: The
coachman's seat accommodates four per-
sons. 1t is drawn by, eight horses of
purest white, wearing harness of Grim
son velvet encrusted with gold and pre-
cious stones. ,, - ..s
Judge James Garland, who retires
next New Years day as Judge of the SUI
preme court Of Virginia, celebrated his
ninety-frst birthday last Friday at
| Lynchburg. He is now blind, and his
daughters eyes are used instead of his
town, but he has as full possession of his
mental faculties as when he was dis
tinguished member of congress, during
Gen Jackson's administration. -
Henry U. Brunner, a Norristown, Pa,
LAWYER, has sailed for Ireland on pecu-
liar mission to gather testimony by
which he could show that three clients
one living in Philadelphia and two in
Montgomery county-were entitled to
IAN estate Of S4,OOO,0OO, which for year
or more has gone begging for want of a
claimant. John Burnside, a wealthy
shipping merchant of New Orleans, La.
died in 1881, leaving an estate valued at
$6,O0O,OOO. About one-third Of his prop
erty was disposed of by his will, but as
to the remaining 4 ZOO, 900 he died intes-
4 tate. e., He was unmarried, and has neith-
er sisters, brothers, nephews or nelces.
Last week Oscar Wilde dined at pri-
vate residencein New York. When the
cloth had been removed, the oldest
child of the host, a girl aged about eight,
was introduced to the notorious aesthetic
who was marvelously arrayed for the oc-
| casion After timidly shaking hands
with the stranger and scanning him
with sopen-eyed wonder, the little one
crept close to her mothers side and
whispered, Mamma / don't think Ma
rie had better bring baby in it might be
scared" '.'L e.
Rev. J. A. Brown, D.. D., LID, re,
| Gently at Lancaster, Penn, was, before
the war, professor of theology at New
berry Seminary, South Carolina. The
day before the steamer Star of the West
was fired upon at Charleston he heard
| that committee of rebels intending call
ing upon him in the evening to learn his
attitude toward the impending conflict.
That afternoon when the three hundred
students gathered in the chapel for
prayers, he entered the pulpit and said
he had heard of the, intention of his
neighbors, and would anticipate their
action; he had been born in the Union,
he expected to live in the Union, and
God willing, he would die in the Union!
That evening he left for the North with
his family, leaving behind him all his
property, none of which he ever re-
gained.
Years ago, when the Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher was. pastor of little
church in indianapolis, he was disturbed
one Sunday evening in the midst of q
long prayer by sudden commotion
in the q congregation, followed by
an almost -, .preternatural still
ness, Of course his, eyes were closed
but the silence soon seemed SO sepul'
chral in its intensity that he could en-
Edure it no longer, SO he opened them
Not a living being. beside himself was in
the church. An alarm Of fire had, sound
ed down the street, an engine had come
trundling by, and every man, woman
and child had rushed out to run with
the machine" ~ WI q" '%!'"5s. 9"4T. r.. -
| A couple : we're married on the side
walk at midnight at Chattanooga, Tenn.
on a recent Sunday in order to avoid
the interference of the irate father ano
brother of the BRIDE, The lady was
leaving, the house for the purpose of a
clandestine marriage, whenther father
and brother, who had been on the watch
seized her. She. broke away from them
stumbled and fell down the steps, .wheI
her lover caught her just as she reached
the bottom, and seizing her, in his arms
bore her to few friends, who, in com
lpany with. minister. who had beer
procured for the occasion, surrounded
the parties. The minister wasinstructet
i to perform the ceremony instanter, ant
in three minutes the parties were mar
4 ried.